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Synfacts 2010(5): 0529-0529  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1219690
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Conformation Switching

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Brett VanVeller
G. Chen, I. Mahmud, L. N. Dawe, Y. Zhao*
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada
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22 April 2010 (online)

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Significance

Diaryl-substituted tetrathiafulva­lene vinylogues (TTFV) exhibit redox-mediated conformational switching behavior (1 and 2) that allowed the synthesis of two macromolecular structures (3 and 6) from the single starting material 4.