Issue 2, 2014
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Polymer Chemistry

A three-dimensional cross-linking supramolecular polymer stabilized by the cooperative dimerization of the viologen radical cation†

Cen Zhou,a   Jia Tian,b   Ji-Liang Wang,b   Dan-Wei Zhang,b   Xin Zhao,*a   Yi Liu*c  and  Zhan-Ting Li*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai 200032, China
E-mail: xzhao@mail.sioc.ac.cn
Fax: +86 21 64166128

b Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, China
E-mail: ztli@fudan.edu.cn

c The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
E-mail: yliu@lbl.gov

Abstract

Simply introducing four viologen units to a tetraphenylmethane framework causes the corresponding viologen radical cation to strongly dimerize intermolecularly, with the apparent equilibrium constant being increased by at least 7600 times, which drives the tetrahedral molecule to self-assemble into a three-dimensional (3D) supramolecular architecture in water.

Graphical abstract: A three-dimensional cross-linking supramolecular polymer stabilized by the cooperative dimerization of the viologen radical cation

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3PY01006F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
27 Jul 2013
Accepted
08 Sep 2013
First published
09 Sep 2013

Polym. Chem., 2014,5, 341-345

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A three-dimensional cross-linking supramolecular polymer stabilized by the cooperative dimerization of the viologen radical cation

C. Zhou, J. Tian, J. Wang, D. Zhang, X. Zhao, Y. Liu and Z. Li, Polym. Chem., 2014, 5, 341 DOI: 10.1039/C3PY01006F

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