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Substitution Pattern Controlled Quantum Interference in [2.2]Paracyclophane-Based Single-Molecule Junctions
Reznikova, Ksenia,Hsu, Chunwei,Schosser, Werner M.,Gallego, Almudena,Beltako, Katawoura,Pauly, Fabian,Van Der Zant, Herre S. J.,Mayor, Marcel
, p. 13944 - 13951 (2021)
Quantum interference (QI) of electron waves passing through a single-molecule junction provides a powerful means to influence its electrical properties. Here, we investigate the correlation between substitution pattern, conductance, and mechanosensitivity in [2.2]paracyclophane (PCP)-based molecular wires in a mechanically controlled break junction experiment. The effect of the meta versus para connectivity in both the central PCP core and the phenyl ring connecting the terminal anchoring group is studied. We find that the meta-phenyl-anchored PCP yields such low conductance levels that molecular features cannot be resolved; in the case of para-phenyl-coupled anchoring, however, large variations in conductance values for modulations of the electrode separation occur for the pseudo-para-coupled PCP core, while this mechanosensitivity is absent for the pseudo-meta-PCP core. The experimental findings are interpreted in terms of QI effects between molecular frontier orbitals by theoretical calculations based on density functional theory and the Landauer formalism.
Structural effects on the C-S bond cleavage in aryl tert -butyl sulfoxide radical cations
Cavattoni, Tullio,Del Giacco, Tiziana,Lanzalunga, Osvaldo,Mazzonna, Marco,Mencarelli, Paolo
, p. 4886 - 4894 (2013/07/11)
The oxidation of a series of aryl tert-butyl sulfoxides (4-X-C 6H4SOC(CH3)3: 1, X = OCH 3; 2, X = CH3; 3, X = H; 4, X = Br) photosensitized by 3-cyano-N-methylquinolinium perchlorate (3-CN-NMQ+) has been investigated by steady-state irradiation and nanosecond laser flash photolysis (LFP) under nitrogen in MeCN. Products deriving from the C-S bond cleavage in the radical cations 1+?-4+? have been observed in the steady-state photolysis experiments. By laser irradiation, the formation of 3-CN-NMQ? (λmax = 390 nm) and 1 +?-4+? (λmax = 500-620 nm) was observed. A first-order decay of the sulfoxide radical cations, attributable to C-S bond cleavage, was observed with fragmentation rate constants (k f) that decrease by increasing the electron donating power of the arylsulfinyl substituent from 1.8 × 106 s-1 (4 +?) to 2.3 × 105 s-1 (1 +?). DFT calculations showed that a significant fraction of the charge is delocalized in the tert-butyl group of the radical cations, thus explaining the small substituent effect on the C-S bond cleavage rate constants. Via application of the Marcus equation to the kinetic data, a very large value for the reorganization energy (λ = 62 kcal mol-1) has been calculated for the C-S bond scission reaction in 1+?-4 +?.
Ferrocenyl compounds possessing protected phenol and thiophenol groups: Synthesis, X-ray structure, and in vitro biological effects against breast cancer
Heilmann, Julia B.,Hillard, Elizabeth A.,Plamont, Marie-Aude,Pigeon, Pascal,Bolte, Michael,Jaouen, Gérard,Vessières, Anne
, p. 1716 - 1722 (2008/09/18)
We have previously shown that conjugated ferrocenyl p-phenols show strong cytotoxic effects against both the hormone-dependent MCF-7 and hormone-independent MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell lines, possibly via metabolic quinone methide (QM) formation. To fur