Electrocatalytic oxidative Z/E isomerization of a stilbene favoured by the presence of an electroactive persistent radical†
Paula
Mayorga-Burrezo, 
*a
J. Alejandro
de Sousa,
ab
Nicola
Capra,
a
Núria
Crivillers,
a
Jaume
Veciana
a
and
Concepció
Rovira
*a
*a
J. Alejandro
de Sousa,
ab
Nicola
Capra,
a
Núria
Crivillers,
a
Jaume
Veciana
a
and
Concepció
Rovira
*a
Abstract
A push–pull-functionalized stilbene has been prepared, with an electroactive perchlorotriphenylmethyl (PTM˙) radical and dimethylamine units as electron-withdrawing and -donating moieties, respectively, showing an electrocatalytic redox-induced Z → E isomerization where the open-shell nature of PTM˙ plays a key role in the isomerization ocurrance.
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