A Convenient N-Arylation Route for Electron-Deficient Pyridines: The Case of 蟺-Extended Electrochromic Phosphaviologens

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• 作者：Christian Reus ; Monika Stolar ; Jeffrey Vanderkley ; Johannes Nebauer ; Thomas Baumgartner
• 刊名：Journal of the American Chemical Society
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：September 16, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：137
• 期：36
• 页码：11710-11717
• 全文大小：465K
• ISSN：1520-5126

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A simple and representative procedure for the synthesis of N,N鈥?diarylated phosphaviologens directly from both electron-rich and electron-poor diaryliodonium salts and 2,7-diazadibenzophosphole oxide is reported. The latter are electron-deficient congeners of the widely utilized N,N鈥?disubstituted 4,4鈥?bipyridinium cations, also known as viologens, that proved to be inaccessible by the classical two-step route. The single-step preparation method for phosphaviologens described herein could be extended to genuine viologens but reached its limit when sterically demanding diaryliodonium salts were used. The studied phosphaviologens feature a significantly lowered reduction threshold as compared to all other (phospha)viologens known to date due to the combination of an extended 蟺-system with an electron deficient phosphole core. In addition, a considerably smaller HOMO鈥揕UMO gap was observed due to efficient 蟺-delocalization across the phosphaviologen core, as well as the N-aryl substituents, which was corroborated by quantum chemical calculations. Detailed characterizations of the singly reduced radical species by EPR spectroscopy and DFT calculations verified delocalization of the radical over the extended 蟺-system. Finally, to gain deeper insight into the suitability of the new compounds as electroactive and electrochromic materials, multicolored proof-of-concept electrochomic devices were manufactured.