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Amalia Rapakousiou1, Yanlan Wang, Colette Belin
1ISM, UMR CNRS N° 5255, Univ. Bordeaux 1, 33405 Talence Cedex, France.
Abstract:
The derivatization of macromolecules with redox-stable groups is a challenge for molecular electronics applications. The large majority of redox-derivatized macromolecules involve ferrocenes, and there are only a few reports with cobalticinium. We report here the first click derivatization of macromolecules with the cobalticinium redox group using ethynylcobalticinium hexafluorophosphate, 1. Cu(I) catalysis was used for these selective click metallodendrimer syntheses starting from 1 and providing the tripodal dendron 3 that contains three 1,2,3-triazolylcobalticinium termini and a phenol focal point and the dendrimers of generations 0, 1, and 2 containing 9, 27, and 81 triazolylcobalticinium units for the dendrimers 4, 5, and 6, respectively. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) statistical studies provided the progression of height upon increase of dendrimer generation. Cyclic voltammetry studies in MeCN and dimethylformamide (DMF) show the solvent-dependent reversibility of the Co(III/II) wave (18e/19e) and generation dependent reversibility of the Co(II/I) (19e/20e) wave in DMF. The H2PO4(-) anion is only recognized by the largest metallodendrimer 6 by a significant cathodic shift of the Co(III/II) wave.
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