Building Multistate Redox-Active Architectures Using Metal-Complex Functionalized Perylene Bis-imides Gudrun Goretzki E. Stephen Davies Stephen P. Argent John E. Warren Alexander J. Blake Neil R. Champness 10.1021/ic901379d.s001 https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Building_Multistate_Redox_Active_Architectures_Using_Metal_Complex_Functionalized_Perylene_Bis_imides/2817043 A series of multistate redox-active architectures has been synthesized, structurally characterized, and their optical and redox properties investigated. Specifically, two redox-active ferrocene or cobalt-dithiolene moieties have been introduced to the “bay” region of perylene-bisimides. Three of these disubstituted perylene-bisimide species have been structurally characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction, confirming the twisted nature of the central perylene core. The first isomeric pair of disubstituted perylene-bisimide isomers, <i>N</i>,<i>N</i>′-di-(<i>n</i>-butyl)-1,7-diferrocenyl-perylene-3,4:9,10-tetracarboxylic acid bisimide (<b>2</b>) and <i>N</i>,<i>N</i>′-di-(<i>n</i>-butyl)-1,6-diferrocenyl-perylene-3,4:9,10-tetracarboxylic acid bisimide (<b>3</b>), structurally characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction are reported and compared. Structural characterization of the cobalt-dithiolene substituted perylene-bisimide, <i>N</i>,<i>N</i>′-di-(<i>n</i>-butyl)-1,7-dicyclopentadienyl-cobalt(II)-dithiolenyl-perylene-3,4:9,10-tetracarboxylic acid bisimide (<b>4</b>), reveals the expected twisting of the perylene core and confirms the ene-dithiolate geometry of the cobalt dithiolene moiety. Cyclic voltammetry measurements, coupled with spectroelectrochemcial and electron paramagnetic resonance studies, of <b>1</b>−<b>4</b>, where <b>1</b> is <i>N</i>,<i>N</i>′-di-(<i>n</i>-butyl)-1,7-diethynylferrocenyl-perylene-3,4:9,10-tetracarboxylic acid bisimide, reveal the two anticipated perylene-bisimide based reductions. In addition, for the ferrocene substituted compounds, <b>1</b>−<b>3</b>, a single reversible two-electron oxidation is seen with only a small degree of communication between the ferrocene groups observed in the 1,6-isomer where the two ferrocene groups are attached to the same naphthyl moiety. In the case of <b>4</b>, two reversible reductions associated with the cobalt-dithiolene moieties are observed, confirming communication across the reduced perylene core. 2009-11-02 00:00:00 perylene core bisimide ferrocene groups acid Cyclic voltammetry measurements cobalt dithiolene moiety communication crystal moietie diffraction disubstituted