화학공학소재연구정보센터
Chemistry Letters, Vol.44, No.7, 905-907, 2015
Reversible Interconversion between 11,11,12,12-Tetraaryl-1,4-diaza/-1,4,5,8-tetraazaanthraquinodimethanes and Their Cationic Species: Electrochromic and Halochromic Responses
11,11,12,12-Tetrakis (4-methoxyphenyl)-1,4-diaza-2,3-diphenyl- and -1,4,5,8-tetraaza-2,3,6,7-tetraphenylanthraquinodimethanes (1 and 2) adopt a bent geometry. They undergo reversible redox interconversion with twisted dications 1(2+) and 2(2+), exhibiting a vivid change in color (electrochromism). Treatment with acid also induced drastic color change due to the formation of protonated species H-1(+) and H-2(+) (halochromism), thus demonstrating their two-way-input chromic behavior.