The electrochemical oxidation of several oligopyrroles, either
unprotected, partially blocked,
or totally blocked on their α-terminal positions or N-substituted,
has been investigated in
acetonitrile by cyclic voltammetry. For all the studied
oligopyrroles, reversible voltammograms have been obtained at moderate to high scan rates, whereas
chemical evolutions of
the cation radicals have been observed at lower scan rates. The
one-electron redox potentials,
E°, of the oligopyrrole/oligopyrrole cation-radical
couples have been measured and the
lifetimes of the cation radicals have been estimated. The
stabilities of the cation radicals
have been examined as a function of the chain length and the nature of
the substituent.
The synthesis and structural characterization of rare earth alkoxides with thiophene-based substituents are presented. ) and the structurally characterized tertiary alcohols HO-C(C 4 H 3 S) 3 (1) or HO-C(C 8 H 5 S 2 ) 3 (2). The metal alkoxide derivatives of these thiophene-substituted alcohols have been isolated as air-sensitive base adducts, their molecular structures being investigated by single-crystal X-ray crystallography. The coordination spheres around the metal centres are
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