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Determination of the Photoisomerization Quantum Yield of a Hydrazone Photoswitch
Published on: February 7, 2022
Diferrocenyl tosyl hydrazone with an ultrastrong NHFe hydrogen bond as double click switch
Christoph Förster1, Philipp Veit, Vadim Ksenofontov
1Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, 55128 Mainz, Germany. katja.heinze@uni-mainz.de.
Abstract:
The ultrastrong and short intramolecular NHFe hydrogen bond in diferrocenyl hydrazone raises the barrier for intramolecular electron transfer in its mixed-valent cation and is only disrupted by double oxidation to .
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