Incremental Tuning Up of Fluorous Phenazine Acceptors

Journal Article · Tue Jan 12 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Chemistry - A European Journal

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201504122· OSTI ID:1254560

Castro, Karlee P. ^[1]; Clikeman, Tyler T. ^[1]; DeWeerd, Nicholas J. ^[1]; Bukovsky, Eric V. ^[1]; Rippy, Kerry C. ^[1]; Kuvychko, Igor V. ^[1]; Hou, Gao-Lei ^[2]; Chen, Yu-Sheng ^[3]; Wang, Xue-Bin ^[2]; Strauss, Steven H. ^[1]; Boltalina, Olga V. ^[1]

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1. Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO 80523 USA
2. Physical Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland WA 99352 USA
3. ChemMatCARS, University of Chicago, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne IL 60439 USA

In a simple, one-step direct trifluoromethylation of phenazine with CF3I we prepared and characterized nine (poly)trifluoromethyl derivatives with up to six CF3 groups. The electrochemical reduction potentials and gas-phase electron affinities show a direct, strict linear relation to the number of CF3 groups, with phenazine(CF3)6 reaching a record-high electron affinity of 3.24 eV among perfluoroalkylated polyaromatics.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab. (EMSL)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1254560
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-114770; 48349; KC0301050
• Journal Information: Chemistry - A European Journal, Vol. 22, Issue 12; ISSN 0947-6539
• Publisher: ChemPubSoc Europe
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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