On the electrochemical oxidation of tetraanisylethylene

Anomalous Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Response of In-Plane Poled Glassy Polymers. Spectroscopic and Theoretical Support for the Importance of Charged Chromophore Aggregates

“…This behavior was attributed to the formation of stable mono-charged dimeric species (anionic or cationic, respectively) . The electrochemical formation of a very stable radical cations has also been observed for other p -(dimethylamino)stilbene derivatives 8 Proposed chemical/electrochemical reaction scheme for DANS dispersed in a PMMA matrix under charge injection conditions during in-plane poling. …”

One-Electron and Two-Electron Transfers in Electrochemistry and Homogeneous Solution Reactions

“…Other examples are families 59 ( X = O or S, m = 4 or 6) and 60 ( m = 4 or 6), of which several members show potential inversion. Related systems are tetraphenylethylene and derivatives, many of which display potential compression or inversion. – Here again, the extent is dependent on solvent suggesting that both structural change and solvation effects are important. Reduction of some extended viologens also appears to occur with potential inversion in at least one step of the reaction. , …”

Electrochemical oxidation of phenylethylenes. I. Conversion of tetraphenylethylene to 9,10-diphenylphenanthrene

“…(2) the (reversible) two-electron oxidation of tetrakis-(p-methoxyphenyl)ethylene in acetonitrile. [24][25][26] The shoulder at +1.33 V corresponded to the loss of 1.2 electrons, the +1.45-V shoulder to the loss of an additional 0.8 electron. The shoulder at +1.60 V corresponded to the loss of 1.0 additional electron in agreement with the cyclic voltammetric data that showed a one-electron, nearly Nernstian oxidation of DPP at + 1.60 V to form what is suspected to be its (monovalent) cation radical.…”