Yang Yihui, Liu Dayong, Song Mingjie, Shi Donghui, Liu Bo, Cheng Kunmu, Lu Yao, Liu Heng, Yang Mingyu, Wang Wenliang, Li Jing, Wei Junfa
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, P. R. China.
Chemistry. 2017 Jun 1;23(31):7409-7413. doi: 10.1002/chem.201700018. Epub 2017 May 9.
A novel family of π-extended viologens has been synthesized by a concise 3-step route from simple and readily available chemicals. The π-enlargement gives the system new photophysical and electrochemical properties such as photoluminescence and changed redox potentials.