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Li X, Wang YL, Chen C, Han YF. Luminescent Crystalline Carbon- and Nitrogen-Centered Organic Radicals Based on N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Triphenylamine Hybrids. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202203242. [PMID: 36331436 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202203242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Revised: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Developing luminescent radicals with tunable emission is a challenging task due to the limitation of alternative skeletons. Herein, a series of carbene-triphenylamine hybrids were prepared by the direct C2-arylation of N-heterocyclic carbenes with 4-bromo-N,N-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)aniline. These hybrids showed multiple redox-active properties and could be converted to carbon-centered luminescent radicals with blue-to-cyan emissions (λmax : 436-486 nm) or nitrogen-centered luminescent radicals with orange emissions (λmax : 590-623 nm) through chemical reduction or oxidation, respectively. The radical species were characterized by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, and single-crystal X-ray diffractometry analysis. Notably, the corresponding nitrogen-centered radicals exhibited good stability in atmospheric air, and their thermal decomposition temperatures were determined to be above 200 °C. In addition, spectral and theoretical calculations indicate that all radicals exhibit anti-Kasha emissions.
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- Xin Li
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and, Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and, Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and, Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and, Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China
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Prajapati B, Dang D, Chmielewski PJ, Majewski MA, Lis T, Gómez‐García CJ, Zimmerman PM, Stępień M. An Open‐Shell Coronoid with Hybrid Chichibabin–Schlenk Conjugation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202109273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Bibek Prajapati
- Wydział Chemii Uniwersytet Wrocławski ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14 50-383 Wrocław Poland
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- Department of Chemistry University of Michigan 930 N. University Ave Ann Arbor MI 48109 USA
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- Wydział Chemii Uniwersytet Wrocławski ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14 50-383 Wrocław Poland
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- Wydział Chemii Uniwersytet Wrocławski ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14 50-383 Wrocław Poland
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- Wydział Chemii Uniwersytet Wrocławski ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14 50-383 Wrocław Poland
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica and Instituto de Ciencia Molecular Universidad de Valencia 46980 Paterna Spain
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- Department of Chemistry University of Michigan 930 N. University Ave Ann Arbor MI 48109 USA
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- Wydział Chemii Uniwersytet Wrocławski ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14 50-383 Wrocław Poland
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Stępień M, Prajapati B, Dang DK, Chmielewski PJ, Majewski MA, Lis T, Gómez-García CJ, Zimmerman PM. An Open-Shell Coronoid with Hybrid Chichibabin-Schlenk Conjugation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:22496-22504. [PMID: 34382721 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202109273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Revised: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A hexaradicaloid molecule with alternating Kekulé and non-Kekulé connectivities between adjacent spin centers was obtained by fusing two classic conjugation motifs, found respectively in the Chichibabin and Schlenk hydrocarbons, into a coronoid structure. 1 H NMR, ESR and SQUID experiments, combined with computational analyses reveal that the system has a singlet ground state, characterized by a significant hexaradicaloid character ( γ 0 = 0.826, γ 1 = γ 2 = 0.773). It possesses multiple thermally accessible high-spin states (up to the septet), with uniform energy gaps of ca 1.0 kcal/mol between consecutive multiplicities. In line with its open-shell character, the coronoid has a small electronic bandgap of ca. 0.8 eV and undergoes two consecutive one-electron oxidations at low potentials, yielding cationic forms with extended near-infrared absorption. The hexaradicaloid, which combines open-shell and macrocyclic contributions to its π conjugation, provides an example of a design strategy for multistate spin switches and redox-amphoteric NIR dyes.
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- Marcin Stępień
- University of Wroclaw, Department of Chemistry, ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383, Wroclaw, POLAND
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- University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Chemistry, UNITED STATES
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- Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Wydział Chemii, POLAND
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- Universidad de Valencia, Departamento de Química Inorgánica and Instituto de Ciencia Molecular, SPAIN
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- University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Chemistry, UNITED STATES
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Kumar A, Usman M, Samanta D, Rath SP. Through Bridge Spin Coupling in Homo- and Heterobimetallic Porphyrin Dimers upon Stepwise Oxidations: A Spectroscopic and Theoretical Investigation. Chemistry 2021; 27:11428-11441. [PMID: 34061401 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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We have described copper(II)-iron(III) and copper(II)-manganese(III) heterobimetallic porphyrin dimers and compared them with the corresponding homobimetallic analogs. UV-visible spectra are very distinct in the heterometallic species while electrochemical studies demonstrate that these species, as compared to the homobimetallic analog, are much easier to oxidize. Combined Mössbauer, EPR, NMR, magnetic and UV-visible spectroscopic studies show that upon 2e-oxidation of the heterobimetallic complexes only ring-centered oxidation occurs. The energy differences between HOMO and LUMO are linearly dependent with the low-energy NIR band obtained for the 2e-oxidized complexes. Also, strong electronic communication between two porphyrin rings through the bridge facilitates coupling between various unpaired spins present while the coupling model depends on the nature of metal ions used. While unpaired spins of Fe(III) and the porphyrin π-cation radical are strongly antiferromagnetically coupled, such coupling is rather weak between Mn(III) and a porphyrin π-cation radical. Moreover, the coupling between two π-cation radicals are much stronger in the 2e-oxidized complexes of dimanganese(III) and copper(II)-manganese(III) porphyrin dimers as compared to their diiron(III) and copper(II)-iron(III) analogs. Furthermore, coupling between the unpaired spins of a π-cation radical and copper(II) is much stronger in the 2e-oxidized complex of copper(II)-iron(III) porphyrin dimer as compared to its copper(II)-manganese(III) analog. The Mulliken spin density distributions in 2e-oxidized homo- and heterobimetallic complexes show symmetric and asymmetric spread between the two macrocycles, respectively. In both the 2e-oxidized heterobimetallic complexes, the Cu(II) porphyrin center acts as a charge donor while Fe(III)/Mn(III) porphyrin center act as a charge acceptor. The experimental observations are also strongly supported by DFT calculations.
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- Amit Kumar
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India
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Wang K, Liu P, Zhang F, Xu L, Zhou M, Nakai A, Kato K, Furukawa K, Tanaka T, Osuka A, Song J. A Robust Porphyrin-Stabilized Triplet Carbon Diradical. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:7002-7006. [PMID: 33393192 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202015356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Revised: 12/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The synthesis of robust high-spin carbon radicals is an important topic in organic chemistry. Toward this end, several porphyrin-stabilized radicals have been systematically explored. A singly naphthalene-fused porphyrin radical was synthesized by a reaction sequence consisting of a Suzuki-Miyaura coupling of β-borylated porphyrin with 2-bromobenzaldehyde, addition of mesityl Grignard reagent, intramolecular Friedel-Crafts alkylation, and final oxidation with DDQ or tBuOK/O2 . This strategy was also used to synthesize doubly naphthalene-fused porphyrins and syn- and anti-fused-anthracene-bridged porphyrin dimers. While singly naphthalene-fused porphyrin radical has been shown to be a stable monoradical, doubly naphthalene-fused porphyrins and anti-fused-anthracene-bridged porphyrin dimers have been shown to be closed-shell molecules. Finally, the syn-dimer was characterized as a surprisingly stable radical (t1/2 =28 days under ambient air and at 80 °C) that is storable for more than several months, despite its high-spin triplet ground-state carbon diradical.
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- Kaisheng Wang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education of China), Key Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional molecules of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education of China), Key Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional molecules of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education of China), Key Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional molecules of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education of China), Key Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional molecules of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education of China), Key Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional molecules of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- Center for Instrumental Analysis, Niigata University, Nishi-ku, Niigata, 950-2181, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education of China), Key Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional molecules of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education of China), Key Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional molecules of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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Wang K, Liu P, Zhang F, Xu L, Zhou M, Nakai A, Kato K, Furukawa K, Tanaka T, Osuka A, Song J. A Robust Porphyrin‐Stabilized Triplet Carbon Diradical. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202015356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Kaisheng Wang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education of China) Key Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional molecules of Hunan Province Hunan Normal University Changsha 410081 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education of China) Key Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional molecules of Hunan Province Hunan Normal University Changsha 410081 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education of China) Key Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional molecules of Hunan Province Hunan Normal University Changsha 410081 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education of China) Key Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional molecules of Hunan Province Hunan Normal University Changsha 410081 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education of China) Key Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional molecules of Hunan Province Hunan Normal University Changsha 410081 China
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- Department of Chemistry Graduate School of Science Kyoto University Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry Graduate School of Science Kyoto University Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
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- Center for Instrumental Analysis Niigata University Nishi-ku Niigata 950-2181 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry Graduate School of Science Kyoto University Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education of China) Key Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional molecules of Hunan Province Hunan Normal University Changsha 410081 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education of China) Key Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional molecules of Hunan Province Hunan Normal University Changsha 410081 China
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Tanimoto R, Suzuki S, Kozaki M, Kanzaki Y, Shiomi D, Sato K, Takui T, Tanaka R, Okada K. Magnetic Properties of Metal Clusters Coordinated with (Nitronyl Nitroxide)‐Substituted Amidinate Ligands. ChemistrySelect 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202002927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Ryu Tanimoto
- Graduate School of Science Osaka City University Sumiyoshi-ku Osaka 558-8585 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science Osaka City University Sumiyoshi-ku Osaka 558-8585 Japan
- Graduate School of Engineering Science Osaka University Toyonaka Osaka 560-8531 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science Osaka City University Sumiyoshi-ku Osaka 558-8585 Japan
- Osaka City University Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science and Technology (OCARINA) Sumiyoshi-ku Osaka Osaka 558-8585 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science Osaka City University Sumiyoshi-ku Osaka 558-8585 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science Osaka City University Sumiyoshi-ku Osaka 558-8585 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science Osaka City University Sumiyoshi-ku Osaka 558-8585 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science Osaka City University Sumiyoshi-ku Osaka 558-8585 Japan
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- X-ray Crystal Analysis Laboratory Graduate School of Engineering Osaka City University Sumiyoshi-ku Osaka 558-8585 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science Osaka City University Sumiyoshi-ku Osaka 558-8585 Japan
- Osaka City University Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science and Technology (OCARINA) Sumiyoshi-ku Osaka Osaka 558-8585 Japan
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Nagata A, Hiraoka S, Suzuki S, Kozaki M, Shiomi D, Sato K, Takui T, Tanaka R, Okada K. Redox‐Induced Modulation of Exchange Interaction in a High‐Spin Ground‐State Diradical/Triradical System. Chemistry 2020; 26:3166-3172. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201905465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Atsuki Nagata
- Graduate School of ScienceOsaka City University Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka Osaka 558-8585 Japan
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- Graduate School of ScienceOsaka City University Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka Osaka 558-8585 Japan
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- Graduate School of ScienceOsaka City University Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka Osaka 558-8585 Japan
- Graduate School of Engineering ScienceOsaka University Toyonaka Osaka 560-8531 Japan
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- Graduate School of ScienceOsaka City University Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka Osaka 558-8585 Japan
- Osaka City UniversityAdvanced Research Institute for, Natural Science and Technology (OCARINA) Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka Osaka 558-8585 Japan
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- Graduate School of ScienceOsaka City University Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka Osaka 558-8585 Japan
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- Graduate School of ScienceOsaka City University Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka Osaka 558-8585 Japan
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- Graduate School of ScienceOsaka City University Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka Osaka 558-8585 Japan
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- X-ray Crystal Analysis LaboratoryGraduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka Osaka 558-8585 Japan
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- Graduate School of ScienceOsaka City University Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka Osaka 558-8585 Japan
- Osaka City UniversityAdvanced Research Institute for, Natural Science and Technology (OCARINA) Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka Osaka 558-8585 Japan
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Yagi A, Kondo T, Yamashita D, Wachi N, Omori H, Fukui N, Ikeue T, Shinokubo H. 5,5,15,15-Tetraoxo-5,15-Dithiaporphyrin as a Highly Electron-Deficient Porphyrinic Ligand. Chemistry 2019; 25:15580-15585. [PMID: 31550386 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201903639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2019] [Revised: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Oxidation of 5,15-dithiaporphyrin with meta-chloroperbenzoic acid afforded the corresponding S,S-tetraoxide in good yield. The resultant 5,5,15,15-tetraoxo-5,15-dithiaporphyrin exhibited the highly electron-deficient nature as elucidated by the electrochemical analysis and theoretical calculations. Treatment of tetraoxodithiaporphyrin with zinc(II) acetate and nickel(II) acetate provided the corresponding metal complexes efficiently. Owing to its enhanced Lewis acidity of the metal center by the electron-deficient ligand, the nickel complex underwent facile axial ligation to form pentacoordinate and hexacoordinate high-spin (S=1) complexes in solution and solid, respectively. The binding constant of pyridine to the NiII center was significantly higher than those of conventional porphyrin NiII complexes. Temperature-dependent magnetic susceptibility measurements of the high-spin NiII complex revealed the presence of weak ferromagnetic interactions.
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- Atsumi Yagi
- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, 690-8540, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan
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Herrmann C. Electronic Communication as a Transferable Property of Molecular Bridges? J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:10205-10223. [PMID: 31380640 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b05618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Electronic communication through molecular bridges is important for different types of experiments, such as single-molecule conductance, electron transfer, superexchange spin coupling, and intramolecular singlet fission. In many instances, the chemical structure of the bridge determines how the two parts it is connecting communicate, and does so in ways that are transferable between these different manifestations (for example, high conductance often correlates with strong antiferromagnetic spin coupling, and low conductance due to destructive quantum interference correlates with ferromagnetic coupling). Defining electronic communication as a transferable property of the bridge can help transfer knowledge between these different areas of research. Examples and limits of such transferability are discussed here, along with some possible directions for future research, such as employing spin-coupled and mixed-valence systems as structurally well-controlled proxies for understanding molecular conductance and for validating first-principles theoretical methodologies, building conceptual understanding for the growing experimental work on intramolecular singlet fission, and developing measures for the transferability of electronic communication as a bridge property.
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- Carmen Herrmann
- Department of Chemistry , University of Hamburg , Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6 , Hamburg 20146 , Germany
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