Boulas Pierre L, Gómez-Kaifer Marielle, Echegoyen Luis
Department of Chemistry" University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124 (USA), Fax: Int. code+(1) 305 284-4571.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 1998 Feb 16;37(3):216-247. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19980216)37:3<216::AID-ANIE216>3.0.CO;2-P.
What is the role of electrochemistry in supramolecular chemistry? On one hand, it provides information on energy and kinetics that is not available with spectroscopic and mass spectrometric techniques; on the other, it can be used to alter the electronic states and thus the interactions between molecules, resulting in new compounds and materials. A typical cyclic voltammogram of the complex shown is depicted on the right; only the first three reductions are presented, although a total of six electrons can be transferred to the bipyridine units sequentially (E in V vs. ferrocene/ferrocenium).
电化学在超分子化学中扮演着什么角色？一方面，它提供了光谱和质谱技术无法获得的能量和动力学信息；另一方面，它可用于改变电子状态，进而改变分子间的相互作用，从而产生新的化合物和材料。右侧展示了所示配合物的典型循环伏安图；尽管总共六个电子可以依次转移到联吡啶单元上（相对于二茂铁/二茂铁鎓的电势，单位为伏特），但这里仅呈现了前三次还原过程。
