Cavity ring-down spectroscopy of the torsional motions of 1,4-bis(phenylethynyl)benzene (2006)
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Greaves, S., Flynn, E., Futcher, E., Wrede, E., Lydon, D., Low, P., …Beeby, A. (2006). Cavity ring-down spectroscopy of the torsional motions of 1,4-bis(phenylethynyl)benzene. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 110(6), 2114-2121. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp054426h

The torsional motions of jet-cooled 1,4-bis(phenylethynyl)benzene (BPEB), a prototype molecular wire, were studied using cavity ring-down spectroscopy in the first UV absorption band (316-321 nm). The torsional spectrum of 1,4-bis(phenylethynyl)-2,3,... Read More about Cavity ring-down spectroscopy of the torsional motions of 1,4-bis(phenylethynyl)benzene.

Synthesis of new mer,trans-rhodium(III) hydrido-bis(acetylide) complexes: Structure of mer,trans- (PMe3)(3)Rh(C equivalent to C-C6H4-4-NMe2)(2)H (2006)
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Zhu, X., Ward, R., Albesa-Jove, D., Howard, J., Porres, L., Beeby, A., …Marder, T. (2006). Synthesis of new mer,trans-rhodium(III) hydrido-bis(acetylide) complexes: Structure of mer,trans- (PMe3)(3)Rh(C equivalent to C-C6H4-4-NMe2)(2)H. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 359(9), 2859-2863. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2005.11.030

Terminal alkynes (R–Ctriple bond; length of mdashC–H, R = 1-naphthyl, 9-anthryl, 4-Me2N–C6H4–, or the longer analogue, 4-(4-Me2N–C6H4–Ctriple bond; length of mdashC–)–C6H4–) react with [Rh(PMe3)4Me] at ambient temperature, with loss of methane and on... Read More about Synthesis of new mer,trans-rhodium(III) hydrido-bis(acetylide) complexes: Structure of mer,trans- (PMe3)(3)Rh(C equivalent to C-C6H4-4-NMe2)(2)H.

Metal cluster terminated "molecular wires" (2006)
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Khairul, W., Porres, L., Albesa-Jove, D., Senn, M., Jones, M., Lydon, D., …Low, P. (2006). Metal cluster terminated "molecular wires". Journal of Cluster Science, 17(1), 65-85. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10876-005-0041-x

The gold complexes Au(C≡CC6H4C≡CC6H4Me)(PPh3) (3) and {Au(PPh3)}2(μ-C≡CC6H4C≡CC6H4C≡CC6H4C≡C) (6), prepared from the reaction of AuCl(PPh3) with the corresponding terminal or trimethylsilyl protected alkynes, react readily with Ru3(CO)10(μ-dppm) to a... Read More about Metal cluster terminated "molecular wires".

Studies of the S₁ state in a prototypical molecular wire using picosecond time-resolved spectroscopies (2003)
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Beeby, A., Findlay, K., Low, P., Marder, T., Matousek, P., Parker, A., …Towrie, M. (2003). Studies of the S₁ state in a prototypical molecular wire using picosecond time-resolved spectroscopies. Chemical Communications, 2406-2407. https://doi.org/10.1039/b307005k

Picosecond time-resolved resonance Raman spectroscopy, TR3, reveals an intense acetylenic band in the S1 state of the prototypical molecular wire 1,4-bis(phenylethynyl)benzene.

A re-evaluation of the photophysical properties of 1,4-bis(phenylethynyl)benzene: A model for poly(phenyleneethynylene) (2002)
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Beeby, A., Findlay, K., Low, P., & Marder, T. (2002). A re-evaluation of the photophysical properties of 1,4-bis(phenylethynyl)benzene: A model for poly(phenyleneethynylene). Journal of the American Chemical Society, 124(28), 8280-8284. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja025568h

Photophysical measurements, recorded in aerated cyclohexane at 283 K, indicate that 1,4-bis-(phenylethynyl) benzene behaves in a conventional manner, undergoing emission from the lowest vibrational level of the first excited singlet state; there is n... Read More about A re-evaluation of the photophysical properties of 1,4-bis(phenylethynyl)benzene: A model for poly(phenyleneethynylene).

Photochemistry of the pi-extended 9,10-bis(1,3-dithiol-2- ylidene)-9,10-dihydroanthracene system: Generation and characterisation of the radical cation, dication, and derived products (2001)
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Jones, A., Christensen, C., Perepichka, D., Batsanov, A., Beeby, A., Low, P., …Parker, A. (2001). Photochemistry of the pi-extended 9,10-bis(1,3-dithiol-2- ylidene)-9,10-dihydroanthracene system: Generation and characterisation of the radical cation, dication, and derived products. Chemistry - A European Journal, 7(5), 973-978. https://doi.org/10.1002/1521-3765%2820010302%297%3A5%3C973%3A%3Aaid-chem973%3E3.0.co%3B2-%23

Flash photolysis of bis[4,5-di(methylsulfanyl)1,3-dithiol-2- ylidene]-9,10-dihydroanthracene (1) in chloroform leads to formation of the transient radical cation species 1(.+) which has a diagnostic broad absorption band at lambda (max) approximate t... Read More about Photochemistry of the pi-extended 9,10-bis(1,3-dithiol-2- ylidene)-9,10-dihydroanthracene system: Generation and characterisation of the radical cation, dication, and derived products.