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Chimie organique

Redox-modulated recognition of tetrazines using thioureas

Published on - Organic Letters

Authors: Brian J. Jordan, Michael A. Pollier, Luke A. Miller, Christopher Tiernan, Gilles Clavier, Pierre Audebert, Vincent M. Rotello

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Reduced 1,2,4,5-tetrazines serve as two-point hydrogen-bonding acceptors for thiourea. This host-guest system does not exhibit significant binding in the neutral state, making the complex an electrochemical "on/off" switch.