@article{da3082ec73c74f6b9c01aa19c8c6afc6,
title = "A novel redox switch for fluorescence: Drastic UV-vis and fluorescence spectral changes upon electrolysis of a hexaphenylethane derivative of 10,10′-dimethylbiacridan",
abstract = "The newly prepared title donor 1 has a very long C-C bond [1.635(2) {\AA}], which was readily cleaved upon oxidation to give dication 2 2+ containing two 10-methylacridinium chromophores. Colorless donor 1 (Eox +0.18 V) is non-fluorescent whereas orange dication 2 2+ (Ered -0.27 V) emits strong green fluorescence, so that, this pair can be considered as a novel redox switch for fluorescence with high electrochemical bistability.",
author = "Takanori Suzuki and Akira Migita and Hiroki Higuchi and Hidetoshi Kawai and Kenshu Fujiwara and Takashi Tsuji",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture, Japan (No. 15350019 and 14654139). We thank Professor Tamotsu Inabe (Hokkaido University) for use of the X-ray structure analysis system. MS spectra were measured by Dr. Eri Fukushi and Mr. Kenji Watanabe at the GC–MS and NMR Laboratory (Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University). We thank Professor Yasutaka Tanaka (Department of Materials Science, Shizuoka University) for helpful discussions.",
year = "2003",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/S0040-4039(03)01717-9",
language = "English",
volume = "44",
pages = "6837--6840",
journal = "Tetrahedron Letters",
issn = "0040-4039",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
number = "36",
}