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A B-B bond-containing polycyclic pi-electron system: dithieno-1,2-dihydro-1,2-diborin and its dianion
Atsushi Wakamiya1, Kenji Mori, Takafumi Araki
1Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan. wakamiya@chem.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
As a B-B bond-containing polycyclic pi-electron system, a dithieno[3,2-c:2',3'-e](1,2-dihydro-1,2-diborin) derivative and its dianion salts were successfully prepared, and their structures were determined by X-ray crystallography. The neutral dithieno-1,2-dihydro-1,2-diborin has a twisted diborin ring in which both the sigma-pi and p-pi* orbital interactions between the bithiophene pi framework and the B-B bond moiety effectively take place, giving rise to an absorption that is significantly red-shifted compared with that of the parent bithiophene. Upon a two-electron reduction, the dithienodiborin pi framework becomes planar and has a characteristic peripheral pi conjugation through the B-B bond with 14 pi electrons. Furthermore, the dianion salts show an intriguing countercation effect on their photophysical properties, indicative of possible electronic tuning by the countercations.
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