We report the synthesis and spectral characterization of the first five members of an oligomeric series built from alternating p-connected 1,4-benzene and 1,4-pyridinium rings, 1[n]-4[n], n=1-5, with p-phenylene-bis-4,4'-(1-aryl-2,6-diphenylpyridinium) ("extended viologen") as the repeating unit. The lengths of these rodlike molecules range from 2 to 9 nm. The monomer was obtained from p-phenylene-bis-4,4'-(2,6-diphenylpyrylium) (5) and p-phenylenediamine (6) or p-aminoacetanilide (9). Higher oligomers were synthesized by stepwise elaboration of the monomer by reactions with the appropriate bis-pyrylium (5) or pyrylium-phenylene-pyridinium (8) salts. Eight different counterions were used, and dodecamethylcarba-closo-dodecaborate was found to offer particularly favorable solubility characteristics. Ultraviolet absorption spectra of the oligomers suggest that the individual extended viologen segments interact only weakly, as a result of the strongly twisted orientation of the benzene rings that separate them. The UV spectrum of the monomer was interpreted by comparison with semiempirical INDO/S calculations performed at a DFT optimized geometry.
Measurements of the ('He, n) reaction have been carried out on a number of odd-Z targets in the vicinity of the closed proton shell at Z=50. For the targets ' ' Ag and "" In, the results can be interpreted in terms of the coupling of proton particles or holes to the known pairing vibrational states in neighboring tin nuclei. For targets of ' " Sb, the expected I.=0 transition strength is observed, but is found to be spread over several final states.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.