Redox-Driven Molecular Switches Consisting of Bis(benzodithiolyl)bithienyl Scaffold and Mesogenic Moieties: Synthesis and Complexes with Liquid Crystalline Polymer

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• 作者：Toshihiro Ohtake ; Hideki Tanaka ; Tetsuro Matsumoto ; Mutsumi Kimura ; Akira Ohta
• 刊名：Journal of Organic Chemistry
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：July 18, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：79
• 期：14
• 页码：6590-6602
• 全文大小：722K
• ISSN：1520-6904

文摘

Molecular switches composed of a benzodithiolylbithienyl scaffold and biphenyl or terphenyl mesogenic substituents were designed and synthesized. The molecular switches could undergo redox-triggered interconversion between the cationic form and cyclized neutral form, and this was confirmed using cyclic voltammetry and UV鈥搗is spectroscopy. Binary complexes consisting of the molecular switches and a liquid crystalline polymer (LCP) were prepared to investigate the function of these redox-active molecular switches as actuating dopants. X-ray diffraction measurements were performed to determine the differences between the layer spacings of the complexes in the liquid crystalline phase with the oxidized and reduced states of the molecular switches. The LCP that was doped with the oxidized cationic form of the molecular switch had layer spacings that were up to 4% larger than the layer spacings in the polymer that was doped with the reduced cyclized molecular switch. Our approach will allow stimulus-responsive deformable materials to be constructed and give an impetus for fabricating redox-driven soft actuators.