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  • Organic Chemistry
  • Physical Chemistry

Background:

  • Metal-2,2'-bipyridine complexes are crucial in molecular electronics.
  • Understanding ligand structure-property relationships is key for designing molecular wires.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effect of connectivity isomerization in metal-2,2'-bipyridine complexes on molecular conductance.
  • To synthesize and characterize new bipyridine ligands and their metal complexes.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis of novel 2,2'-bipyridine ligands (L^meta and L^para).
  • Coordination chemistry to form rhenium and manganese complexes.
  • Experimental and theoretical studies of molecular conductance.

Main Results:

  • Coordination to the para-system enhanced conductance due to a reduced HOMO-LUMO gap.
  • The meta-based system exhibited destructive quantum interference, significantly lowering junction conductance.
  • Conductance was reduced to below 10^-5.5 G_o for the meta-system.

Conclusions:

  • Contact group connectivity is a critical factor determining molecular wire conductance.
  • Isomerization of ligand connectivity profoundly influences charge transport properties.
  • The meta-system demonstrates a route to achieving very low conductance in molecular junctions.