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SUBMITTER: Behrman EJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7472763 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Acta crystallographica. Section E, Crystallographic communications 20200818 Pt 9
The title compound, C<sub>16</sub>H<sub>20</sub>N<sub>2</sub> <sup>2+</sup>·2Br<sup>-</sup>·H<sub>2</sub>O (<b>1</b>) is a member of the class of compounds called viologens. Viologens are quaternary salts of di-pyridyls and are especially useful as redox indicators as a result of their large negative one-electron reduction potentials. Compound <b>1</b> consists of a dication composed of a pair of 4-methyl-pyridine rings mutually joined at the 2-position, with a dihedral angle between the pyridin ...[more]