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SUBMITTER: Seifert S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5501005 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Seifert Sabine S Schmidt David D Würthner Frank F
Chemical science 20150116 3
Here we report the first example of an isolable, ambient stable perylene bisimide (PBI) dianion which was synthesized by catalytic reduction of a highly electron deficient PBI derivative. The remarkable stability of this unprecedented dianion in air for months facilitated its complete characterization by different methods, including single crystal X-ray analysis. Furthermore, solvent dependent cyclic and square wave voltammetry studies revealed that the formation of PBI dianions is preferred in ...[more]