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Sentyurin VV, Levitskiy OA, Yankova TS, Grishin YK, Lyssenko KA, Goloveshkin AS, Alabugin IV, Magdesieva TV. Double Spin with a Twist: Synthesis and Characterization of a Neutral Mixed-Valence Organic Stable Diradical. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:26261-26274. [PMID: 39259835 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c08167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/13/2024]
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A convenient design strategy opens access to neutral open-shell mixed-valence species via the redox transformation of charged stable precursors, i.e., the spiro-fused borate anions. We have implemented this strategy for the synthesis of the first neutral mixed-valence diradical: two neutral mixed-valence radical fragments were assembled via a twisted biphenyl bridge. The diradical is a crystalline solid obtained in almost quantitative yield by using a facile synthetic procedure. It is stable at room temperature in the triplet ground state with a very small singlet/triplet gap. This metal-free diradical can reversibly form five redox states. The diradical exhibits an intense IVCT band in the NIR region and can be assigned as a Class 2 Robin-Day MV (mixed valence) system with weakly interacting redox centers. Computations suggest that this diradical finds itself in a unique tug-of-war between two electron delocalization patterns, Kekulé and non-Kekulé, which gives rise to two geometric isomers that are close in energy but drastically different in spin distribution and polarity. Such bistable spin-systems should be intrinsically switchable and promising for the design of functional spin devices. The scope and limitations of the new redox-strategy for the neutral MV radicals were also tested on other types of spiro-fused borates, revealing structural factors responsible for the evolution from transient to persistent and then to stable radicals.
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- Vyacheslav V Sentyurin
- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1/3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1/3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1/3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1/3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1/3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- A.N.Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova St. 28, Moscow 119934, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1/3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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Betkhoshvili S, Poater J, Moreira IDPR, Bofill JM. Leap from Diradicals to Tetraradicals by Topological Control of π-Conjugation. J Org Chem 2024. [PMID: 39301849 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c01375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/22/2024]
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In this work, we explore the series of diradical(oid)s based on 2,2'-(5,11-dihydroindolo[3,2-b]carbazole-3,9-diyl)dimalononitrile (further referred to as PH). Hydrogen atoms in the central benzenoid (CB) ring of PH are substituted by the series of substituents with various lengths of π-conjugated chain and electron-donating or electron-withdrawing properties to study how they modulate the diradical character of the parent compound. The diradical character of molecules increases up to 88-89% by two groups doubly bonded to both sides of the CB ring of PH in para relative positions. This breaks the direct π-conjugation between unpaired electrons that gives rise to two radical centers and restricts the minimal polyradical identity of the compound to diradical. We show that diradicals and tetraradicals can be designed, and their polyradical character can be modulated by controlling the topology of π-conjugation as long as there is sufficient aromatic stabilization. Henceforth, the bridge between diradicals and tetraradicals is established, leading to the tetraradical(oid) molecule, which has been predicted to have narrow low-spin to high-spin energy gaps in our recent Letter.
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- Sergi Betkhoshvili
- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica & IQTCUB, Universitat de Barcelona Martí i Franquès 1-11, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica & IQTCUB, Universitat de Barcelona Martí i Franquès 1-11, Barcelona 08028, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona 08010, Spain
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- Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Física & IQTCUB, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1-11, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica & IQTCUB, Universitat de Barcelona Martí i Franquès 1-11, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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Niu KK, Bi YS, Liu H, Xing LB. Perylene-Diimide-Based Supramolecular Radical Anion as a Platform for Highly Effective Photoreduction of Inert Sulfoxide to Sulfide. Org Lett 2024; 26:7987-7992. [PMID: 39255467 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c03005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/12/2024]
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Due to the limitations of common photoredox catalysts, unlocking their applications in photoreduction reactions remains an ongoing challenge. We herein present a supramolecular radical anion, PDI(CB[7])2, that formed by the assembly of perylene diimide derivative (PDI) and cucurbit[7]uril (CB[7]) via a host-guest interaction for an effective photoreduction reaction. Studies revealed that it could effectively accomplish a consecutive excitation process by two-photon excitation, enabling a potent photoreductant PDI(CB[7])2• - * that can even reduce the inert feedstocks, such as sulfoxides to sulfides. Mechanistic investigations indicate that, besides exceptional photophysical properties, supramolecular PDI(CB[7])2 also significantly enhances the lifetime and robustness of the in situ generated higher energy photoreductant PDI(CB[7])2• - * upon second quantum photon excitation, leading to the observed highly active photoreducing behavior.
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- Kai-Kai Niu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, Shandong 255000, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, Shandong 255000, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, Shandong 255000, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, Shandong 255000, People's Republic of China
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Wang X, He J, Wang YN, Zhao Z, Jiang K, Yang W, Zhang T, Jia S, Zhong K, Niu L, Lan Y. Strategies and Mechanisms of First-Row Transition Metal-Regulated Radical C-H Functionalization. Chem Rev 2024; 124:10192-10280. [PMID: 39115179 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.4c00188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/12/2024]
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Radical C-H functionalization represents a useful means of streamlining synthetic routes by avoiding substrate preactivation and allowing access to target molecules in fewer steps. The first-row transition metals (Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, and Cu) are Earth-abundant and can be employed to regulate radical C-H functionalization. The use of such metals is desirable because of the diverse interaction modes between first-row transition metal complexes and radical species including radical addition to the metal center, radical addition to the ligand of metal complexes, radical substitution of the metal complexes, single-electron transfer between radicals and metal complexes, hydrogen atom transfer between radicals and metal complexes, and noncovalent interaction between the radicals and metal complexes. Such interactions could improve the reactivity, diversity, and selectivity of radical transformations to allow for more challenging radical C-H functionalization reactions. This review examines the achievements in this promising area over the past decade, with a focus on the state-of-the-art while also discussing existing limitations and the enormous potential of high-value radical C-H functionalization regulated by these metals. The aim is to provide the reader with a detailed account of the strategies and mechanisms associated with such functionalization.
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- Xinghua Wang
- College of Chemistry, and Pingyuan Laboratory, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, and Pingyuan Laboratory, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Chemical Theory and Mechanism, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, and Pingyuan Laboratory, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, and Pingyuan Laboratory, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, and Pingyuan Laboratory, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, P. R. China
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- Institute of Intelligent Innovation, Henan Academy of Sciences, Zhengzhou, Henan 451162, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, and Pingyuan Laboratory, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, Pingyuan Laboratory, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, and Pingyuan Laboratory, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, Pingyuan Laboratory, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, and Pingyuan Laboratory, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Chemical Theory and Mechanism, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, Pingyuan Laboratory, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, P. R. China
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Bhandari A, Park GM, Lee HB, Hong S, Kim SH, Byon HR, Lee Y. A stable radical within a N-Co-N core. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:9970-9973. [PMID: 39171762 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc02146k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/23/2024]
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A N-Co-N core is embedded within [Co(CNC)2]2+ (1) supported by two bis(4-methyl-2-(3-methyl-imidazolium)phenyl)amine (CNC) ligands. This species reveals a stable S = 1/2 state and its spin density is significantly delocalized within the N-Co-N core via parallel π-bonding interaction. Interestingly, it displays unusual stability towards O2 and water, proving that the core is well protected. Upon reduction, compound 1 was converted to its reduced diamagnetic species [Co(CNC)2]+ (2) having two amide donors and a low-spin Co(III) ion, which can be oxidized by air to regenerate 1.
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- Anirban Bhandari
- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
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- Western Seoul Centre, Korea Basic Science Institute, Seoul 03759, Republic of Korea
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- Western Seoul Centre, Korea Basic Science Institute, Seoul 03759, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
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Zhou A, Sun Z, Sun L. Stable organic radical qubits and their applications in quantum information science. Innovation (N Y) 2024; 5:100662. [PMID: 39091459 PMCID: PMC11292369 DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2024] [Accepted: 06/20/2024] [Indexed: 08/04/2024] Open
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The past century has witnessed the flourishing of organic radical chemistry. Stable organic radicals are highly valuable for quantum technologies thanks to their inherent room temperature quantum coherence, atomic-level designability, and fine tunability. In this comprehensive review, we highlight the potential of stable organic radicals as high-temperature qubits and explore their applications in quantum information science, which remain largely underexplored. Firstly, we summarize known spin dynamic properties of stable organic radicals and examine factors that influence their electron spin relaxation and decoherence times. This examination reveals their design principles and optimal operating conditions. We further discuss their integration in solid-state materials and surface structures, and present their state-of-the-art applications in quantum computing, quantum memory, and quantum sensing. Finally, we analyze the primary challenges associated with stable organic radical qubits and provide tentative insights to future research directions.
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- Aimei Zhou
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Research Center for Industries of the Future, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310030, China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou 310024, China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Research Center for Industries of the Future, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310030, China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou 310024, China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Research Center for Industries of the Future, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310030, China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou 310024, China
- Key Laboratory for Quantum Materials of Zhejiang Province, Department of Physics, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310030, China
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Wei Q, Huang J, Meng Q, Zhang Z, Gu S, Li Y. Open-shell Poly(3,4-dioxythiophene) Radical for Highly Efficient Photothermal Conversion. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024:e2406800. [PMID: 39234816 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202406800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2024] [Revised: 07/31/2024] [Indexed: 09/06/2024]
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Open-shell organic radical semiconductor materials have received increasing attention in recent years due to their distinctive properties compared to the traditional materials with closed-shell singlet ground state. However, their poor chemical and photothermal stability in ambient conditions remains a significant challenge, primarily owing to their high reactivity with oxygen. Herein, a novel open-shell poly(3,4-dioxythiophene) radical PTTO2 is designed and readily synthesized for the first time using low-cost raw material via a straightforward BBr3-demethylation of the copolymer PTTOMe2 precursor. The open-shell character of PTTO2 is carefully studied and confirmed via the signal-silent 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum, highly enhanced electron spin resonance signal compared with PTTOMe2, as well as the ultra-wide ultraviolet-visible-near nfraredUV-vis-NIR absorption and other technologies. Interestingly, the powder of PTTO2 exhibits an extraordinary absorption range spanning from 300 to 2500 nm and can reach 274 °C under the irradiation of 1.2 W cm-2, substantially higher than the 108 °C achieved by PTTOMe2. The low-cost PTTO2 stands as one of the best photothermal conversion materials among the pure organic photothermal materials and provides a new scaffold for the design of stable non-doped open-shell polymers.
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- Qi Wei
- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Materials Science, MSU-BIT University, Shenzhen, 518172, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Materials Science, MSU-BIT University, Shenzhen, 518172, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, P. R. China
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Lee JJC, Chua MH, Wang S, Qu Z, Zhu Q, Xu J. Cyclotriphosphazene: A Versatile Building Block for Diverse Functional Materials. Chem Asian J 2024; 19:e202400357. [PMID: 38837322 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202400357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2024] [Revised: 06/01/2024] [Accepted: 06/04/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
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Cyclotriphosphazene (CP) is a cyclic inorganic compound with the chemical formula N3P3. This unique molecule consists of a six-membered ring composed of alternating nitrogen and phosphorus atoms, each bonded to two chlorine atoms. CP exhibits remarkable versatility and significance in the realm of materials chemistry due to its easy functionalization via facile nucleophilic substitution reactions in mild conditions as well as intriguing properties of resultant final CP-based molecules or polymers. CP has been served as an important building block for numerous functional materials. This review provides a general and broad overview of the synthesis of CP-based small molecules through nucleophilic substitution of hexachlorocyclotriphosphazene (HCCP), and their applications, including flame retardants, liquid crystals (LC), chemosensors, electronics, biomedical materials, and lubricants, have been summarized and discussed. It would be expected that this review would offer a timely summary of various CP-based materials and hence give an insight into further exploration of CP-based molecules in the future.
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- Johnathan Joo Cheng Lee
- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, Innovis, #08-03, Singapore, Singapore, 138634
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- Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 1 Pesek Road Jurong Island, Singapore, Singapore, 627833
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, Innovis, #08-03, Singapore, Singapore, 138634
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, Innovis, #08-03, Singapore, Singapore, 138634
- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore, 637371
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, Innovis, #08-03, Singapore, Singapore, 138634
- Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 1 Pesek Road Jurong Island, Singapore, Singapore, 627833
- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, Singapore, 117543
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Buettner C, Stavagna C, Tilby MJ, Górski B, Douglas JJ, Yasukawa N, Leonori D. Synthesis and Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling of Alkyl Amine-Boranes. A Boryl Radical-Enabled Strategy. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:24042-24052. [PMID: 39137918 PMCID: PMC11363021 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c07767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2024] [Revised: 07/17/2024] [Accepted: 07/18/2024] [Indexed: 08/15/2024]
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Alkyl organoborons are powerful materials for the construction of C(sp3)-C(sp2) bonds, predominantly via Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling. These species are generally assembled using 2-electron processes that harness the ability of boron reagents to act as both electrophiles and nucleophiles. Herein, we demonstrate an alternative borylation strategy based on the reactivity of amine-ligated boryl radicals. This process features the use of a carboxylic acid containing amine-ligated borane that acts as boryl radical precursor for photoredox oxidation and decarboxylation. The resulting amine-ligated boryl radical undergoes facile addition to styrenes and imines through radical-polar crossover manifolds. This delivers a new class of sp3-organoborons that are stable solids and do not undergo protodeboronation. These novel materials include unprotected α-amino derivatives that are generally unstable. Crucially, these aliphatic organoboron species can be directly engaged in Suzuki-Miyaura cross-couplings with structurally complex aryl halides. Preliminary studies suggest that they enable slow-release of the corresponding and often difficult to handle alkyl boronic acids.
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- Cornelia
S. Buettner
- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United
Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United
Kingdom
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- Early
Chemical Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Macclesfield SK10 2NA, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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Dai D, Zhan Q, Shi T, Wang D, Zheng Y. Spin characteristics in conjugated stable diradicals. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:8997-9006. [PMID: 39081131 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc03067b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/21/2024]
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Spin properties are intrinsic characters of electrons. Radical molecules contain unpaired electron(s), and their unique chemical and physical properties make them an ideal platform for investigating spin properties in molecular systems. Among them, the burgeoning interest in stable conjugated diradicals is attributed to their distinctive characteristics, notably the dynamic resonance structures between open-shell and closed-shell forms, the malleability of their spin states, and the profound influence of intermolecular spin-spin interactions. A deep understanding of the spin characteristics of unpaired electrons in stable conjugated diradicals provides guidance for the design, synthesis, and characterization of radical-based materials. In this review, we discuss the unique spin delocalization, spin states, and spin-spin coupling characteristics of conjugated diradicals and emphasize how to precisely control these spin characteristics to understand their role in the molecules and as functional radical materials.
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- Dacheng Dai
- School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu 611731, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu 611731, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu 611731, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu 611731, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu 611731, People's Republic of China.
- State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, People's Republic of China
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Liu Y, Yuan L, Fan Z, Yang J, Wang Y, Dou C. Boron-doped double [6]carbohelicenes: a combination of helicene and boron-doped π-systems. Chem Sci 2024; 15:12819-12826. [PMID: 39148780 PMCID: PMC11322965 DOI: 10.1039/d4sc03124e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2024] [Accepted: 07/07/2024] [Indexed: 08/17/2024] Open
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Helicenes, featuring unique helical structures, have a long history as three-dimensional polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Incorporation of heteroatoms into helicenes may alter their electronic structures and achieve unexpected physical properties. Here, we disclose fusion of boron-doped π-systems onto helicenes as an efficient strategy to design boron-doped carbohelicenes. Two boron-doped double [6]carbohelicenes were synthesized, which possess the C58B2 and C86B2 polycyclic π-skeletons containing two [6]helicene subunits, respectively. The C86B2 molecule thus represents the largest-size helicene-based boron-doped PAH. A thorough investigation reveals that the helicene moieties and boron atoms endow the polycyclic π-systems with delocalized electronic structures, and well-tunable ground-state and excited-state photophysical properties. It is notable that the C58B2 molecule displays excited-state stimulated emission behavior and amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) properties in not only the blend films with various doped concentrations but also the pure film. To our knowledge, it is the first example of ASE-active [n]helicene (n ≥ 6), and moreover, such robust ASE performance has rarely been observed in PAHs, demonstrating the promising utility of boron-doped carbohelicenes for laser materials.
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- Yujia Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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Yu CP, Chowdhury R, Fu Y, Ghosh P, Zeng W, Mustafa TBE, Grüne J, Walker LE, Congrave DG, Chua XW, Murto P, Rao A, Sirringhaus H, Plasser F, Grey CP, Friend RH, Bronstein H. Near-infrared luminescent open-shell π-conjugated systems with a bright lowest-energy zwitterionic singlet excited state. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2024; 10:eado3476. [PMID: 39047089 PMCID: PMC11268402 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ado3476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2024] [Accepted: 06/20/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024]
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Open-shell systems with extensive π-conjugation have fascinating properties due to their narrow bandgaps and spin interactions. In this work, we report neutral open-shell di- and polyradical conjugated materials exhibiting intriguing optical and magnetic properties. Our key design advance is the planarized geometry allowing for greater interaction between adjacent spins. This results in absorption and emission in the near infrared at 803 and 1050 nanometers, respectively, and we demonstrate a unique electronic structure where a bright zwitterionic excited state is the lowest-accessible electronic transition. Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy and superconducting quantum interference device measurements reveal that our materials are open-shell singlets with different degrees of spin interactions, dynamics, and antiferromagnetic properties, which likely contributed to the formation of their emissive zwitterionic singlet excited state and near-infrared emission. In addition, our materials show reversible and stable electrochromic switching with more than 500 cycles, indicating their potential for optoelectronic and electrochemical energy storage applications.
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- Craig P. Yu
- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
- Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, Cambridge CB3 0HF, UK
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- Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, Cambridge CB3 0HF, UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, Cambridge CB3 0HF, UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
- Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, Cambridge CB3 0HF, UK
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- Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, Cambridge CB3 0HF, UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, Cambridge CB3 0HF, UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
- Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, Cambridge CB3 0HF, UK
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- Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, Cambridge CB3 0HF, UK
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- Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, Cambridge CB3 0HF, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, Cambridge CB3 0HF, UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
- Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, Cambridge CB3 0HF, UK
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Zhu L, Feng Z, Kinjo R. Crystalline Radical Anion of a Diboratriazole and Its Conversion to a Neutral Radical Driven by a Carbene. J Am Chem Soc 2024. [PMID: 39033410 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c05777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/23/2024]
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One-electron reduction of diboratriazole 1 with potassium graphite (KC8) generates the radical anion 1•-•K+, which undergoes a salt (KCl) elimination reaction upon addition of an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) to afford the neutral diboratriazole radical 3. An X-ray diffraction analysis, electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, and computational studies revealed that an unpaired electron in radical species 1•-•K+ and 3 is delocalized over the π-system of the B2N3 and carbene rings. Reversible oxidation of 3 gives rise to a diboratriazole cation 4 featuring a 6π aromatic character. Moreover, treating 1•-•K+ with a half equivalent of a bis(NHC) produces a biradical species 5, in which there is little interaction between two radical moieties separated by the bis(NHC) linker, suggesting the dis-biradical property. 5 undergoes stepwise and reversible two-electron oxidation, establishing three formal oxidation states.
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- Lizhao Zhu
- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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Chang X, Arnold ME, Blinder R, Zolg J, Wischnat J, van Slageren J, Jelezko F, Kuehne AJC, von Delius M. A Stable Chichibabin Diradicaloid with Near-Infrared Emission. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202404853. [PMID: 38695271 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202404853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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Conjugated molecules with multiple radical centers such as the iconic Chichibabin diradicaloid hold promise as building blocks in materials for quantum sensing and quantum information processing. However, it is a considerable challenge to design simple analogues of the Chichibabin hydrocarbon that are chemically inert, exhibit high diradical character and emit light at a distinct wavelength that may offer an optical readout of the spin state in functional ensembles. Here we describe the serendipitous discovery of the stable TTM-TTM diradicaloid, which exhibits high diradical character, a striking sky-blue color and near-infrared (NIR) emission (in solution). This combination of properties is unique among related diradicaloids and is due to the presence of hydrogen and chlorine atoms in "just the right positions", allowing a perfectly planar, yet predominantly benzenoid bridge to connect the two sterically stabilized radical centers. In-depth studies of the optical and magnetic properties suggest that this structural motif could become a mainstay building block of organic spin materials.
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- Xingmao Chang
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Quantum Optics and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Quantum Optics and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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Yang C, Chen Z, Yu C, Cao J, Ke G, Zhu W, Liang W, Huang J, Cai W, Saha C, Sabuj MA, Rai N, Li X, Yang J, Li Y, Huang F, Guo X. Regulation of quantum spin conversions in a single molecular radical. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2024; 19:978-985. [PMID: 38448520 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-024-01632-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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Free radicals, generally formed through the cleavage of covalent electron-pair bonds, play an important role in diverse fields ranging from synthetic chemistry to spintronics and nonlinear optics. However, the characterization and regulation of the radical state at a single-molecule level face formidable challenges. Here we present the detection and sophisticated tuning of the open-shell character of individual diradicals with a donor-acceptor structure via a sensitive single-molecule electrical approach. The radical is sandwiched between nanogapped graphene electrodes via covalent amide bonds to construct stable graphene-molecule-graphene single-molecule junctions. We measure the electrical conductance as a function of temperature and track the evolution of the closed-shell and open-shell electronic structures in real time, the open-shell triplet state being stabilized with increasing temperature. Furthermore, we tune the spin states by external stimuli, such as electrical and magnetic fields, and extract thermodynamic and kinetic parameters of the transition between closed-shell and open-shell states. Our findings provide insights into the evolution of single-molecule radicals under external stimuli, which may proof instrumental for the development of functional quantum spin-based molecular devices.
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- Caiyao Yang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, National Biomedical Imaging Centre, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, National Biomedical Imaging Centre, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering and Centre for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
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- Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering and Centre for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
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- Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering and Centre for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
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- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P. R. China.
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- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P. R. China
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, P. R. China.
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, P. R. China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, National Biomedical Imaging Centre, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China.
- Centre of Single-Molecule Sciences, Institute of Modern Optics, Frontiers Science Centre for New Organic Matter, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, P. R. China.
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Chen Z, Su Y, Long Q, Zhang Z, Su J, Guo L. Stable Radicals in Dihydrophenazine Derivatives-Doped Epoxy Resin for High Photothermal Conversion. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2403623. [PMID: 39031541 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202403623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2024] [Revised: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 07/22/2024]
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Organic radicals exhibit great potential in photothermal applications, however, their innate high reactivity with oxygen renders the preparation of stable organic radicals highly challenging. In this work, a series of co-doped radical polymers ares prepared by doping dihydrophenazine derivatives (DPPs) into the epoxy resin matrix. DPPs can form radical species through the electron transfer process, which are further stabilized by the complex 3D network structure of epoxy resin. Experimental results show that the photothermal conversion efficiency is as high as 79.9%, and the temperature can quickly rise to ≈130 °C within 60 s. Due to the excellent visible light transmittance and mechanical properties of co-doped systems, this study further demonstrates their practical applications in energy-saving solar windows and thermoelectric power generation.
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- Ziyu Chen
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, East China University of Science & Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, East China University of Science & Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, East China University of Science & Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, East China University of Science & Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, East China University of Science & Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, East China University of Science & Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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Shu Y, Luo Y, Wei H, Peng L, Liang J, Zhai B, Ding L, Fang Y. Fabrication of Large-Area Multi-Stimulus Responsive Thin Films via Interfacially Confined Irreversible Katritzky Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202402453. [PMID: 38622832 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202402453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2024] [Revised: 04/06/2024] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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Fabrication of large-area thin films through irreversible reactions remains a formidable task. This study reports a breakthrough strategy for in situ synthesis of large-area, free-standing, robust and multi-stimulus responsive thin films through a catalyst-free and irreversible Katritzky reaction at a liquid-liquid interface. The as resulted films are featured with adjustable thickness of 1-3 μm and an area up to 50 cm2. The thin films exhibit fast photo-mechanical motions (a response time of ca 0.1 s), vapor-mechanical motions, as well as photo-chromic and solvato-chromic behaviors. It was revealed that the reason behind the observable motions is proton transfer from the imine groups to the carbonyl structures within the film induced by photo- and/or dimethyl sulfoxide-stimulus. In addition, the films can harvest anionic radicals and the radicals as captured can be efficiently degraded under UV light illumination. This study provides a new strategy for fabricating smart thin films via interfacially confined irreversible Katritzky reaction.
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- Yuanhong Shu
- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, P. R. China
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Zhang Z, Xiong Z, Zhang J, Chu B, Liu X, Tu W, Wang L, Sun JZ, Zhang C, Zhang H, Zhang X, Tang BZ. Near-Infrared Emission Beyond 900 nm from Stable Radicals in Nonconjugated Poly(diphenylmethane). Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202403827. [PMID: 38589299 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202403827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2024] [Revised: 03/29/2024] [Accepted: 04/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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Organic radicals with narrow energy gaps are highly sought-after for the production of near-infrared (NIR) fluorophores. However, the current repertoire of developed organic radicals is notably limited, facing challenges related to stability and low fluorescence efficiency. This study addresses these limitations by achieving stable radicals in nonconjugated poly(diphenylmethane) (PDPM). Notably, PDPM exhibits a well-balanced structural flexibility and rigidity, resulting in a robust intra-/inter-chain through-space conjugation (TSC). The stable radicals within PDPM, coupled with strong TSC, yield a remarkable full-spectrum emission spanning from blue to NIR beyond 900 nm. This extensive tunability is achieved through careful adjustments of concentration and excitation wavelength. The findings highlight the efficacy of polymerization in stabilizing radicals and introduce a novel approach for developing nonconjugated NIR emitters based on triphenylmethane subunits.
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- Ziteng Zhang
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- State Key Laboratory of Motor Vehicle Biofuel Technology, International Research Center for X Polymers, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Zhejiang-Israel Joint Laboratory of Self-Assembling Functional Materials, ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 311215, China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Zhejiang-Israel Joint Laboratory of Self-Assembling Functional Materials, ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 311215, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction and Institute for Advanced Study, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- State Key Laboratory of Motor Vehicle Biofuel Technology, International Research Center for X Polymers, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- State Key Laboratory of Motor Vehicle Biofuel Technology, International Research Center for X Polymers, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Zhejiang-Israel Joint Laboratory of Self-Assembling Functional Materials, ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 311215, China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Zhejiang-Israel Joint Laboratory of Self-Assembling Functional Materials, ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 311215, China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Zhejiang-Israel Joint Laboratory of Self-Assembling Functional Materials, ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 311215, China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Centre of Healthcare Materials, Shaoxing Institute, Zhejiang University, Shaoxing, 312000, China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- State Key Laboratory of Motor Vehicle Biofuel Technology, International Research Center for X Polymers, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Zhejiang-Israel Joint Laboratory of Self-Assembling Functional Materials, ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 311215, China
- Centre of Healthcare Materials, Shaoxing Institute, Zhejiang University, Shaoxing, 312000, China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- State Key Laboratory of Motor Vehicle Biofuel Technology, International Research Center for X Polymers, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction and Institute for Advanced Study, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, 999077, China
- School of Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Aggregate Science and Technology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518172, China
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Xue S, Dong Y, Lv X, Qiu F, Wang Y, Furuta H, Teranishi T, Wu F. Stabilization of the Neutral [25]Hexaphyrin(1.0.1.0.1.0) Radical by Hetero-Bimetal-Coordination. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202400812. [PMID: 38533748 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2024] [Revised: 03/24/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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Stabilization of hexaphyrin(1.0.1.0.1.0) (named "rosarin") in its 25π radical state is achieved using a hetero-bimetal-coordination strategy. The antiaromatic BF2 complex B-1 was first synthesized, and then rhodium ion was inserted into B-1 to produce the BF2/Rh(CO)2 mixed complex Rh-B-1 as a highly air-stable radical. The structures of B-1 and Rh-B-1 were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffractions, and the antiaromatic or radical character was identified by various spectroscopy evidence and theoretical calculations. Rh-B-1 exhibits excellent redox properties, enabling amphoteric aromatic-antiaromatic conversion to their 24/26π states. Compared to the 24/26π conjugation systems on the same skeleton, Rh-B-1 has the narrowest electrochemical and optical band gaps, with the longest absorption band at 1010 nm. The ring-current analysis reveals intense paratropic currents for B-1 and co-existing diatropic-paratropic currents for Rh-B-1. This hetero-bimetal-coordination system provides a novel platform for organic radical stabilization on porphyrinoids, showing the prospect of modulating ligand oxidation states through rational coordination design.
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- Songlin Xue
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui, 241002, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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- Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, 525-8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, 611-0011, Japan
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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Chen Y, Xu S, Fang Wen C, Zhang H, Zhang T, Lv F, Yue Y, Bian Z. Unravelling the Role of Free Radicals in Photocatalysis. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202400001. [PMID: 38501217 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2024] [Revised: 03/15/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024]
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Free radicals are increasingly recognized as active intermediate reactive species that can participate in various redox processes, significantly influencing the mechanistic pathways of reactions. Numerous researchers have investigated the generation of one or more distinct photogenerated radicals, proposing various hypotheses to explain the reaction mechanisms. Notably, recent research has demonstrated the emergence of photogenerated radicals in innovative processes, including organic chemical reactions and the photocatalytic dissolution of precious metals. To harness the potential of these free radicals more effectively, it is imperative to consolidate and analyze the processes and action modes of these photogenerated radicals. This conceptual paper delves into the latest advancements in understanding the mechanics of photogenerated radicals.
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- Yao Chen
- MOE Key Laboratory of Resource Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, China
- Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Resource Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, 655400, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Resource Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, China
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Betkhoshvili S, Moreira IDR, Poater J, Maria Bofill J. Pathway to Polyradicals: A Planar and Fully π-Conjugated Organic Tetraradical(oid). J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:5243-5249. [PMID: 38718211 PMCID: PMC11103692 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2024] [Revised: 04/24/2024] [Accepted: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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In this work, we provide a general strategy to stabilize the ground state of polyradical(oid)s and make higher spin states thermally accessible. As a proof of concept, we propose to merge two planar fully π-conjugated diradical(oid)s to obtain a planar and cross-conjugated tetraradical(oid). Using multireference quantum chemistry methods, we show that the designed tetraradical(oid) is stabilized by aromaticity and delozalization in the π-system and has six thermally accessible spin states within 1.72 kcal/mol. Analysis of the electronic structure of these six states of the tetraradical(oid) shows that its frontier π-system consists of two weakly interacting subsystems: aromatic cycles and four unpaired electrons. Conjugation between unpaired electrons, which favors closed-shell structures, is mitigated by delocalization and the aromaticity of the bridging groups, leading to the synergistic cross-coupling between two diradical(oid) subunits to stabilize the tetraradical(oid) electronic structure.
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- Sergi Betkhoshvili
- Departament
de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica and IQTCUB, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1-11, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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P. R. Moreira
- Departament
de Ciència de Materials i Química Física, Secció
de Qumíca, Física and IQTCUB, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1-11, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament
de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica and IQTCUB, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1-11, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament
de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica and IQTCUB, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1-11, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Zayakin IA, Petunin PV, Postnikov PS, Dmitriev AA, Gritsan NP, Dorovatovskii P, Korlyukov A, Fedin MV, Bogomyakov AS, Akyeva AY, Novikov RA, Shangin PG, Syroeshkin MA, Burykina JV, Tretyakov EV. Toward New Horizons in Verdazyl-Nitroxide High-Spin Systems: Thermally Robust Tetraradical with Quintet Ground State. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:13666-13675. [PMID: 38709144 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c04391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
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High-spin organic tetraradicals with significant intramolecular exchange interactions have high potential for advanced technological applications and fundamental research, but examples reported to date exhibit limited stability and processability. In this work, we designed the first tetraradical based on an oxoverdazyl core and nitronyl nitroxide radicals and successfully synthesized it using a palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of an oxoverdazyl radical bearing three iodo-phenylene moieties with a gold(I) nitronyl nitroxide-2-ide complex in the presence of a recently developed efficient catalytic system. The molecular and crystal structures of the tetraradical were confirmed by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The tetraradical possesses good thermal stability with decomposition onset at ∼125 °C in an inert atmosphere; in a toluene solution upon prolonged heating at 90 °C in air, no decomposition was observed. The resulting unique verdazyl-nitroxide conjugate was thoroughly studied using a range of experimental and theoretical techniques, such as SQUID magnetometry of polycrystalline powders, EPR spectroscopy in various matrices, cyclic voltammetry, and high-level quantum chemical calculations. All collected data confirm the high thermal stability of the resulting tetraradical and quintet multiplicity of its ground state, which makes the synthesis of this important paramagnet a new milestone in the field of creating high-spin systems.
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- Igor A Zayakin
- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Ave. 47, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk 634050, Russian Federation
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- V.V. Voevodsky Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Institutskaya Str. 3, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- V.V. Voevodsky Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Institutskaya Str. 3, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, 28 Vavilov Str., Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- International Tomography Center, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Institutskaya Str. 3a, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- International Tomography Center, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Institutskaya Str. 3a, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Ave. 47, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Ave. 47, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Ave. 47, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Ave. 47, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Ave. 47, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Ave. 47, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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Duan JJ, Yang XQ, Li R, Li X, Chen T, Wang D. N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Derived 1,3,5-Trimethylenebenzene: On-Surface Synthesis and Electronic Structure. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:13025-13033. [PMID: 38693826 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c14298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
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1,3,5-Trimethylenebenzene (1,3,5-TMB), a 3-fold-symmetric triradical with a high-spin ground state, is an attractive platform for investigating the unique spin properties of π-conjugated triangular triradicals. Here, we report the on-surface synthesis of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-derived 1,3,5-TMB (N-TMB) via surface-assisted C-C and C-N coupling reactions on Au(111). The chemical and electronic structures of N-TMB on the Au(111) surface are revealed with atomic precision using scanning tunneling microscopy and noncontact atomic force microscopy, combined with density functional theory (DFT) calculations. It is demonstrated that there is substantial charge transfer between N-TMB and the substrate, resulting in a positively charged N-TMB on Au(111). DFT calculations at the UB3LYP/def2-TZVP level of theory and multireference method, e.g., CASSCF/NEVPT2, indicate that N-TMB possesses a doublet ground state with reduced Cs symmetry in the gas phase, contrasting the quartet ground state of 1,3,5-TMB with D3h symmetry, and exhibits a doublet-quartet energy gap of -0.80 eV. The incorporation of NHC structures and the extended π-conjugation promote the spin-orbital overlaps in N-TMB, leading to Jahn-Teller distortion and the formation of a robust doublet state. Our results not only demonstrate the fabrication of polyradicals based on NHC but also shed light on the effect of NHC and π-conjugation on the electronic structure and spin coupling, which opens up new possibilities for precisely regulating the spin-spin exchange coupling of organic polyradicals.
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- Jun-Jie Duan
- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Center for Carbon-based Electronics and Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, School of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Sakamaki T, Zhang Y, Fukuma S, Cruz CM, Valdivia AC, Campaña AG, Casado J, Shang R, Nakamura E. Doubly Spiro-Conjugated Chiral Carbocycles Exhibiting SOMO-HOMO Inversion in Persistent Radical Cations. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:12712-12722. [PMID: 38655573 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c02404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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Persistent chiral organic open-shell systems have captured growing interest due to their potential applications in organic spintronic and optoelectronic devices. Nevertheless, the integration of configurationally stable chirality into an organic open-shell system continues to pose challenges in molecular design. The π-extended skeleton incorporated in spiro-conjugated carbocycles can provide robust chiroptical properties and a significant stabilization of the excited and ionic radical states. However, this approach has been relatively less explored in the design of persistent organic open-shell systems. We report here the (S,S)-, (R,R)-, and meso-isomers of doubly spiro-conjugated carbocycles featuring flat and rigid carbon-bridged para-phenylenevinylene (CPV) of different conjugation lengths connected by two spiro-carbon centers, which we denote D-spiro-CPV for its quasi-dimeric structure. Our synthetic method based on a double lithiation cyclization approach enables facile production of D-spiro-CPV. D-spiro-CPVs exhibit circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) with high fluorescence quantum yields (ΦFL) resulting in a high CPL brightness of 21 M-1 cm-1 and also exhibit high thermal and photostability. The monoradical cation of D-spiro-CPV absorbing near-infrared light is notably persistent, exhibiting a half-life of 570 h under ambient conditions due to doubly spiro-conjugative stabilization. Theoretical and electrochemical studies indicate the radical cation of D-spiro-CPVs presents a non-Aufbau electron filling, exhibiting inversion of the energy level of the singly occupied molecular orbital (SOMO) and the highest (doubly) occupied molecular orbitals with the SOMO level even below the HOMO-1 level (double SHI effect). Our discoveries provide valuable insights into non-Aufbau molecules and the development of configurationally stable, optically active persistent radicals.
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- Takumi Sakamaki
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Unidad de Excelencia de Química Aplicada a Biomedicina y Medioambiente (UEQ), Universidad de Granada (UGR), Avenida Fuente Nueva s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Málaga, Campus de Teatinos, s/n, 29071 Málaga, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Unidad de Excelencia de Química Aplicada a Biomedicina y Medioambiente (UEQ), Universidad de Granada (UGR), Avenida Fuente Nueva s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Málaga, Campus de Teatinos, s/n, 29071 Málaga, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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Bodzioch A, Obijalska E, Jakubowski R, Celeda M, Gardias A, Trzybiński D, Tokarz P, Szczytko J, Woźniak K, Kaszyński P. Electronic and Magnetic Interactions in 6-Oxoverdazyl Diradicals: Connection through N(1) vs C(3) Revisited. J Org Chem 2024; 89:6306-6321. [PMID: 38626755 PMCID: PMC11077500 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c00303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2024] [Revised: 03/11/2024] [Accepted: 03/29/2024] [Indexed: 04/18/2024]
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Four isomeric di-6-oxoverdazyl diradicals connected at their N(1) or C(3) positions with either 1,3- or 1,4-phenylene linkers were obtained and characterized by spectroscopic, electrochemical, magnetic, and structural methods. These results were compared to those for the corresponding 6-oxoverdazyl monoradicals. UV-vis spectroscopy demonstrated that only the N(1)-connected para-through-benzene diradical has a distinct spectrum with significant bathochromic and hypsochromic shifts relative to the remaining species. Electrochemical analysis revealed two one-electron reduction processes in all diradiacals, while only the N(1)-connected para-through-benzene diradical exhibits two one-electron oxidation processes separated by 0.10 V. Variable temperature EPR measurements in polystyrene solid solutions gave negative mean exchange interaction energies J for all diradicals, suggesting the dominance of conformers with significant intramolecular antiferromagnetic interactions for the meta-through-benzene isomers. DFT calculations predict a small preference for the triplet state with the ΔES-T of about 0.25 kcal mol-1 for both meta-through-benzene connected diradicals.
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- Agnieszka Bodzioch
- Centre
of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, 90-363 Łódź, Poland
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- Centre
of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, 90-363 Łódź, Poland
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- Institute
of Experimental Physics Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Biological
and Chemical Research Centre, University
of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of
Chemistry, University of Łódź, 91-403 Łódź, Poland
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- Institute
of Experimental Physics Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Biological
and Chemical Research Centre, University
of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
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- Centre
of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, 90-363 Łódź, Poland
- Faculty of
Chemistry, University of Łódź, 91-403 Łódź, Poland
- Department
of Chemistry, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37132, United States
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Wang X, Shi G, Wei R, Li M, Zhang Q, Zhang T, Chen CF, Hu HY. Fine-tuning of stable organic free-radical photosensitizers for photodynamic immunotherapy. Chem Sci 2024; 15:6421-6431. [PMID: 38699264 PMCID: PMC11062115 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc06826a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024] Open
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Photodynamic immunotherapy (PDI) is an innovative approach to cancer treatment that utilizes photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photosensitizers (PSs) to induce immunogenic cell death (ICD). However, currently most commonly used PSs have restricted capabilities to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) via a type-II mechanism under hypoxic environments, which limits their effectiveness in PDI. To overcome this, we propose a novel approach for constructing oxygen independent PSs based on stable organic free-radical molecules. By fine-tuning the characteristics of tris(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)-methyl (TTM) radicals through the incorporation of electron-donating moieties, we successfully found that TTMIndoOMe could produce substantial amounts of ROS even in hypoxic environments. In vitro experiments showed that TTMIndoOMe could effectively produce O2˙-, kill tumor cells and trigger ICD. Moreover, in vivo experiments also demonstrated that TTMIndoOMe could further trigger anti-tumor immune response and exhibit a superior therapeutic effect compared with PDT alone. Our study offers a promising approach towards the development of next-generation PSs functioning efficiently even under hypoxic conditions and also paves the way for the creation of more effective PSs for PDI.
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- Xiang Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Function of Natural Medicine, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College Beijing 100050 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Function of Natural Medicine, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College Beijing 100050 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Function of Natural Medicine, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College Beijing 100050 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Function of Natural Medicine, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College Beijing 100050 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Function of Natural Medicine, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College Beijing 100050 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Function of Natural Medicine, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College Beijing 100050 China
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Dhara D, Endres L, Krummenacher I, Arrowsmith M, Dewhurst RD, Engels B, Bertermann R, Finze M, Demeshko S, Meyer F, Fantuzzi F, Braunschweig H. Synthesis and Reactivity of a Dialane-Bridged Diradical. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202401052. [PMID: 38415886 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202401052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2024] [Revised: 02/07/2024] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
Abstract
Radicals of the lightest group 13 element, boron, are well established and observed in numerous forms. In contrast to boron, radical chemistry involving the heavier group 13 elements (aluminum, gallium, indium, and thallium) remains largely underexplored, primarily attributed to the formidable synthetic challenges associated with these elements. Herein, we report the synthesis and isolation of planar and twisted conformers of a doubly CAAC (cyclic alkyl(amino)carbene)-radical-substituted dialane. Extensive characterization through spectroscopic analyses and X-ray crystallography confirms their identity, while quantum chemical calculations support their open-shell nature and provide further insights into their electronic structures. The dialane-connected diradicals exhibit high susceptibility to oxidation, as evidenced by electrochemical measurements and reactions with o-chloranil and a variety of organic azides. This study opens a previously uncharted class of dialuminum systems to study, broadening the scope of diradical chemistry and its potential applications.
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- Debabrata Dhara
- Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
- Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
- Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
- Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Emil-Fischer-Str. 42, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
- Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
- Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
- Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Emil-Fischer-Str. 42, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
- Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
- Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Tammannstraße 4, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Tammannstraße 4, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- School of Chemistry and Forensic Science, University of Kent, Canterbury, Park Wood Rd, CT2 7NH, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
- Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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Maillot B, Audibert JF, Miomandre F, Brasiliense V. Nanometrology based control: taming radical grafting reactions with attoliter precision. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:7594-7602. [PMID: 38506368 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr06324k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
Abstract
Precisely controlled micropatterning with organic moieties is a promising route for designing smart surfaces, enabling the development of microsensors and actuators with optimal usage of reactants. Such applications require fine control over the surface modification process, which in turn demands detailed knowledge about the surface modification process. As complex surface kinetics often emerge as a result of even slight modifications of the grafting entity, non-invasive, sensitive and precise closed loop control strategies are highly desirable. In this paper we demonstrate that a nanometrology approach based on quantitative phase imaging (QPI) fulfill all these requirements. We first use the technique to monitor surface photografting kinetics of aryl radicals, comprehensively analyzing the effect of substituents on surface addition reactions. We demonstrate that several aspects of the grafting process are affected in complex ways, rendering open-loop strategies impossible to implement precisely. Then, we show that the operando optical phase signal can be used as a direct feedback, guiding the grafting reaction process. Using relatively simple instrumentation, we demonstrate that general and precise control strategies can be designed and used to control the volume of the grafting material with attoliter precision, in spite of radically different surface modification kinetics spanning several orders of magnitude.
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- Baptiste Maillot
- Université Paris-Saclay, ENS Paris-Saclay, CNRS, PPSM, 4 avenue des sciences, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Université Paris-Saclay, ENS Paris-Saclay, CNRS, PPSM, 4 avenue des sciences, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Université Paris-Saclay, ENS Paris-Saclay, CNRS, PPSM, 4 avenue des sciences, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Université Paris-Saclay, ENS Paris-Saclay, CNRS, PPSM, 4 avenue des sciences, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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Zeng J, You F, Zhu J. Screening seven-electron boron-centered radicals for dinitrogen activation. J Comput Chem 2024; 45:648-654. [PMID: 38073508 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.27281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2023] [Revised: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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The activation of dinitrogen is significant as nitrogen-containing compounds play an important role in industries. However, the inert NN triple bond caused by its large HOMO-LUMO gap (10.8 eV) and high bond dissociation energy (945 kJ mol-1 ) renders its activation under mild conditions particularly challenging. Recent progress shows that a few main group species can mimic transition metal complexes to activate dinitrogen. Here, we demonstrate that a series of seven-electron (7e) boron-centered radical can be used to activate N2 via density functional theory calculations. It is found that boron-centered radicals containing amine ligand perform best on the thermodynamics of dinitrogen activation. In addition, when electron-donating groups are introduced at the boron atom, these radicals can be used to activate N2 with low reaction barriers. Further analysis suggests that the electron transfer from the boron atom to the π* orbitals of dinitrogen is essential for its activation. Our findings suggest great potential of 7e boron radicals in the field of dinitrogen activation.
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- Jie Zeng
- School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
- Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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Wang K, Ito S, Ren S, Shimizu D, Fukui N, Kishi R, Liu Q, Osuka A, Song J, Shinokubo H. A Triply Linked Porphyrin-Norcorrole Hybrid with Singlet Diradical Character. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202401233. [PMID: 38251909 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202401233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2024] [Revised: 01/22/2024] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
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Norcorrole Ni(II) complexes have recently received considerable attention because they are readily accessible antiaromatic molecules. Their high stability under ambient conditions and ease of synthesis have enabled the exploration of the intrinsic properties of antiaromatic molecules. Here, we report the synthesis and properties of meso-meso singly linked porphyrin-norcorrole hybrids and a triply linked porphyrin-norcorrole hybrid. The singly linked and triply linked porphyrin-norcorrole hybrids were fully characterized, including an X-ray structural analysis. Due to their orthogonal conformation, the singly linked hybrids maintain the individual electronic properties of their porphyrin and norcorrole subunits, while the triply linked hybrid shows a significantly smaller electrochemical HOMO-LUMO gap (0.45 eV) than that of Ni(II) dimesitylnorcorrole (1.08 eV). Furthermore, the triply linked hybrid exhibits singlet diradical characteristics, as confirmed by VT NMR, ESR, and SQUID experiments.
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- Kaisheng Wang
- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-8603, Japan
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
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- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-8603, Japan
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-8531, Japan
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Educational of China, Key Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional Molecules of Hunan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Educational of China, Key Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional Molecules of Hunan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-8603, Japan
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Miller PD, Mengell J, Shultz DA, Kirk ML. Metal-Ligand Exchange Coupling Alters the Open-Shell Ligand Electronic Structure in a Bis(semiquinone) Complex. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:6493-6499. [PMID: 38517353 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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The electronic structure of the bis(dioxolene) bridging ligand -SQ2Th2- is responsive to metal-ligand magnetic exchange coupling. Comparison of the crystal structure of (NiSQ)2Th2 to that of (ZnSQ)2Th2 indicates an open-shell biradical ground state for the dinuclear Ni(II) complex compared to the closed-shell quinoidal character found in the dinuclear Zn(II) complex. Consistent with a comparison of bond lengths obtained by X-ray diffraction, the analysis of the variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility data for crystalline (NiSQ)2Th2 yields reduced SQ-SQ radical-radical magnetic exchange coupling (JSQ-SQ = -203 cm-1) compared to that of (ZnSQ)2Th2 (JSQ-SQ = -321 cm-1). The reduced SQ-SQ exchange coupling in (NiSQ)2Th2 derives from an attenuation of the SQ spin densities, which in turn is derived from the Ni-SQ antiferromagnetic exchange interactions. This reduction in SQ--SQ exchange that we observe for (NiSQ)2Th2 correlates with an effective lengthening of the bridge unit by ∼2.1 Å relative to that of (ZnSQ)2Th2. This magnitude of the effective increase in the bridge distance is consistent with the (NiSQ)2Th2 JSQ-SQ value lying between those of (ZnSQ)2Th2 and (ZnSQ)2Th3. The ability to modulate spin populations on an organic radical via pairwise Ni-SQ magnetic exchange interactions is a general way to affect electronic coupling in the Th-Th bridge. Our results suggest that metal-radical exchange coupling represents a powerful mechanism for tuning organic molecular electronic structure, with important implications for molecular electronics and molecular electron transport.
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- Paul D Miller
- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, The University of New Mexico, MSC03 2060, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, The University of New Mexico, MSC03 2060, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, United States
- The Center for High Technology Materials, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106, United States
- Center for Quantum Information and Control (CQuIC), The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, United States
- Center for Computational Chemistry, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, United States
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Liu S, Li Y, Lin J, Ke Z, Grützmacher H, Su CY, Li Z. Sequential radical and cationic reactivity at separated sites within one molecule in solution. Chem Sci 2024; 15:5376-5384. [PMID: 38577367 PMCID: PMC10988588 DOI: 10.1039/d4sc00201f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024] Open
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Distonic radical cations (DRCs) with spatially separated charge and radical sites are expected to show both radical and cationic reactivity at different sites within one molecule. However, such "dual" reactivity has rarely been observed in the condensed phase. Herein we report the isolation of crystalline 1λ2,3λ2-1-phosphonia-3-phosphinyl-cyclohex-4-enes 2a,b˙+, which can be considered delocalized DRCs and were completely characterized by crystallographic, spectroscopic, and computational methods. These DRCs contain a radical and cationic site with seven and six valence electrons, respectively, which are both stabilized via conjugation, yet remain spatially separated. They exhibit reactivity that differs from that of conventional radical cations (CRCs); specifically they show sequential radical and cationic reactivity at separated sites within one molecule in solution.
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- Shihua Liu
- LIFM, IGCME, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510006 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University 510006 Guangzhou China
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- LIFM, IGCME, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510006 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University 510006 Guangzhou China
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- LIFM, IGCME, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510006 China
- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 Zürich 8093 Switzerland
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- LIFM, IGCME, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510006 China
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- LIFM, IGCME, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510006 China
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Park S, Lee J, Kim B, Jung CY, Bae SE, Kang J, Moon D, Park J. Radical-Driven Crystal-Amorphous-Crystal Transition of a Metal-Organic Framework. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:9293-9301. [PMID: 38516847 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c01040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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Self-assembly-based structural transition has been explored for various applications, including molecular machines, sensors, and drug delivery. In this study, we developed new redox-active metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) called DGIST-10 series that comprise π-acidic 1,4,5,8-naphthalenediimide (NDI)-based ligands and Ni2+ ions, aiming to boost ligand-self-assembly-driven structural transition and study the involved mechanism. Notably, during the synthesis of the MOFs, a single-crystal-amorphous-single-crystal structural transition occurred within the MOFs upon radical formation, which was ascribed to the fact that radicals prefer spin-pairing or through-space electron delocalization by π-orbital overlap. The radical-formation-induced structural transitions were further confirmed by the postsynthetic solvothermal treatment of isolated nonradical MOF crystals. Notably, the transient amorphous phase without morphological disintegration was clearly observed, contributing to the seminal structural change of the MOF. We believe that this unprecedented structural transition triggered by the ligand self-assembly magnifies the structural flexibility and diversity of MOFs, which is one of the pivotal aspects of MOFs.
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- Seonghun Park
- Department of Physics and Chemistry, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Chemistry, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Chemistry, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Nuclear Chemistry Technology Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon 34057, Republic of Korea
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- Nuclear Chemistry Technology Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon 34057, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Chemistry, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Beamline Department, Pohang Accelerator Laboratory/POSTECH, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Chemistry, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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Das A, Elvers BJ, Chrysochos N, Uddin SI, Gangber T, Krummenacher I, Borah D, Mishra A, Shanmugam M, Yildiz CB, Braunschweig H, Schulzke C, Jana A. Dianionic and Neutral Diboron-Centered Classical Diradicaloids. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:9004-9011. [PMID: 38502925 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c13310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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Herein, we report the syntheses and electronic structures of crystalline dianionic as well as neutral diboron-centered classical diradicaloids as boron analogues of classical Thiele, Chichibabin, and Müller (this only for dianionic diradicaloids!) hydrocarbons. These are based on borane radical anion and NHC-stabilized boryl radical spin carriers, respectively. All these dianionic diboron-centered diradicaloids exhibit triplet population at room temperature regardless of the π-conjugated spacer: p-phenylene, p,p'-biphenylene, or p,p″-terphenylene. In the case of neutral diboron-centered diradicaloids, the employed π-conjugated spacer plays a crucial role for the triplet population at room temperature: EPR inactive for p-phenylene vs EPR active for p,p'-biphenylene. The findings emphasize the importance of the spin carriers for the resulting ground-state: borane radical anion vs NHC-stabilized boryl radical along with the pivotal role of the π-conjugated spacer as spin-coupler between two spins. Notably, 100 years (a century) after the first report by Krause of the triphenyl borane radical-anion, being isoelectronic to the triphenylmethyl radical, we convey borane radical anion-based diradicaloids. Furthermore, while donor-stabilized boryl radicals were introduced in the 1980s by Giles and Roberts, said concept is herewith being extended to NHC-stabilized boryl radical-based diradicaloids.
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- Ayan Das
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Gopanpally, Hyderabad 500046, India
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- Institut für Biochemie, Universität Greifswald, Greifswald D-17489, Germany
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Gopanpally, Hyderabad 500046, India
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Gopanpally, Hyderabad 500046, India
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Gopanpally, Hyderabad 500046, India
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron (ICB), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, Würzburg 97074, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Gopanpally, Hyderabad 500046, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India
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- Department of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, Aksaray University, Aksaray 68100, Turkey
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron (ICB), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, Würzburg 97074, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Universität Greifswald, Greifswald D-17489, Germany
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Gopanpally, Hyderabad 500046, India
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Nallappan S, Lapinskaite R, Hájíček J, Kunák D, Čambal P, Nečas D, Císařová I, Atalay HN, Tumer TB, Tarábek J, Schwarzová-Pecková K, Rycek L. The Biomimetic Synthesis of Polyarylated Fluorenes, Relevant to Selaginellaceae Polyphenols, Leading to the Spontaneous Formation of Stable Radicals. Chempluschem 2024; 89:e202300410. [PMID: 37943550 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202300410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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This work reports a biomimetic synthesis of polyarylated fluorene derivatives. The molecules are formed via intramolecular electrophilic aromatic substitution, resembling a cyclization leading towards the natural selaginpulvilins from selaginellins. The scope of the reaction was investigated, and the products were obtained in 60-95 % yields. Some of the compounds decompose to a stable radical. We investigated the nature and the origin of the radical using experimental methods, including EPR or electrochemical measurements, as well as theoretical methods, such as DFT calculations. Based on our observations, we hypothesize, that phenoxy radicals are formed in the first instance, which however undergo internal rearrangement to thermodynamically more stable carbon-centered radicals. The preliminary data also show the cytotoxic properties of some of the molecules.
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- Sundaravelu Nallappan
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 8, 128 00, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 8, 128 00, Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Akademijos g. 7, Vilnius, 08412, Lithuania
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 8, 128 00, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 8, 128 00, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 8, 128 00, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 8, 128 00, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 8, 128 00, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Arts and Science, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale, 17020, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Arts and Science, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale, 17020, Turkey
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 8, 128 00, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 8, 128 00, Prague, Czech Republic
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Yang B, Yan S, Zhang Y, Ban S, Ma H, Feng F, Huang W. Double-Model Decay Strategy Integrating Persistent Photogenic Radicaloids with Dynamic Circularly Polarized Doublet Radiance and Triplet Afterglow. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:7668-7678. [PMID: 38451846 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c14262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
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Organic phosphors integrating circularly polarized persistent luminescence (CPPL) across the visible range are widespread for applications in optical information encryption, bioimaging, and 3D display, but the pursuit of color-tunable CPPL in single-component organics remains a formidable task. Herein, via in situ photoimplanting radical ion pairing into axial chiral crystals, we present and elucidate an unprecedented double-module decay strategy to achieve a colorful CPPL through a combination of stable triplet emission from neutral diphosphine and doublet radiance from photogenic radicals in an exclusive crystalline framework. Owing to the photoactivation-dependent doublet radiance component and an inherent triplet phosphorescence in the asymmetric environment, the CPL vision can be regulated by altering the photoactivation and observation time window, allowing colorful glow tuning from blue and orange to delayed green emission. Mechanism studies clearly reveal that this asymmetric electron migration environment and hybrid n-π* and π-π* instincts are responsible for the afterglow and radical radiance at ambient conditions. Moreover, we demonstrate the applications of colorful CPPL for displays and encryption via manipulation of both excitation and observation times.
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- Bo Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Nanjing University, Shenzhen 518057, P. R. China
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Hollister KK, Molino A, Jones N, Le VV, Dickie DA, Cafiso DS, Wilson DJD, Gilliard RJ. Unlocking Biradical Character in Diborepins. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:6506-6515. [PMID: 38420913 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c08297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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Systems that possess open- and closed-shell behavior attract significant attention from researchers due to their inherent redox and charge transport properties. Herein, we report the synthesis of the first diborepin biradicals. They display tunable biradical character based on the steric and electronic profile of the stabilizing ligand and the resulting geometric deviation of the diborepin core from planarity. While there are numerous all-carbon-based biradical systems, boron-based biradical compounds are comparatively rare, particularly ones in which the radical sites are disjointed. Calculations using density functional theory (DFT) and multireference methods demonstrate that the fused diborepin scaffold exhibits high biradical character, up to 95%. Use of a nonsterically demanding diaminocarbene promotes the planarization of the pentacyclic framework, resulting in the synthetic realization of a diborepin containing a dibora-quinoidal core, which possesses a closed-shell ground state and thermally accessible triplet state. The biradicals were structurally authenticated and characterized by both solution and solid-state electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. Half-field transitions were observed at low temperatures (about 170 K), confirming the presence of the triplet state. Initial reactivity studies of the biradicals led to the isolation and structural characterization of bis(borepin hydride) and bis(borepin dianion).
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- Kimberly K Hollister
- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Building 18-596, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne 3086, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne 3086, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Building 18-596, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307, United States
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Zhou Z, Yang K, He L, Wang W, Lai W, Yang Y, Dong Y, Xie S, Yuan L, Zeng Z. Sulfone-Functionalized Chichibabin's Hydrocarbons: Stable Diradicaloids with Symmetry Breaking Charge Transfer Contributing to NIR Emission beyond 900 nm. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:6763-6772. [PMID: 38416700 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c13270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2024]
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While monoradical emitters have emerged as a new route toward efficient organic light-emitting diodes, the luminescence property of organic diradicaloids is still scarcely explored. Herein, by devising a novel radical-radical coupling-based synthetic approach, we report a new class of sulfone-functionalized Chichibabin's hydrocarbon derivatives, SD-1-3, featuring varied substituent patterns and moderate to high diradical characters of 0.44-0.70, as highly stable diradicaloids with rarely seen NIR emission beyond 900 nm. Via comprehensive experimental and theoretical investigations, we reveal that the optoelectronic and magnetic properties of these materials are significantly tuned by the variations of substitutions (H/CF3/OMe) on the molecular skeletons. More importantly, quantum chemical computations indicate that the embedding of sulfone groups has contributed to a breaking of their quasi-C2 symmetry of these diradicaloid molecules and results in an excited-state charge transfer character. Therefore, a remarkably deep NIR emissive wavelength of up to 998 nm, together with a large Stokes shift (∼386 nm), is achieved for the CF3-based SD-2 molecule in tetrahydrofuran. To the best of our knowledge, such a luminescent wavelength of SD-2 has represented the longest wavelengths among the currently reported organic fluorescent radicals. Overall, our work not only establishes a new synthetic approach toward stable Chichibabin's hydrocarbons but also paves the way for designing NIR emissive open-shell materials with both fundamental understanding and feasible control of their luminescent properties.
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- Zhibiao Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringHunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Hunan University,Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518000, China
- TCM and Ethnomedicine Innovation & Development International Laboratory, Innovative Materia Medica Research Institute, School of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410208, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringHunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Hunan University,Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringHunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Key Laboratory of Theoretical Organic Chemistry and Functional Molecule of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411201, China
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- TCM and Ethnomedicine Innovation & Development International Laboratory, Innovative Materia Medica Research Institute, School of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410208, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringHunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Hunan University,Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518000, China
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- Core Research Facilities, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Tianjin Jiuri New Material Co., Ltd., Tianjin 300384, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringHunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Hunan University,Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringHunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Hunan University,Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringHunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Hunan University,Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518000, China
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Lehtonen A. Metal Complexes of Redox Non-Innocent Ligand N, N'-Bis(3,5-di- tertbutyl-2-hydroxy-phenyl)-1,2-phenylenediamine. Molecules 2024; 29:1088. [PMID: 38474599 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29051088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2024] [Revised: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
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Redox non-innocent ligands react with metal precursors to form complexes where the oxidation states of the ligand and thus the metal atom cannot be easily defined. A well-known example of such ligands is bis(o-aminophenol) N,N'-bis(3,5-di-tertbutyl-2-hydroxy-phenyl)-1,2-phenylenediamine, previously developed by the Wieghardt group, which has a potentially tetradentate coordination mode and four distinct protonation states, whereas its electrochemical behavior allows for five distinct oxidation states. This rich redox chemistry, as well as the ability to coordinate to various transition metals, has been utilized in the syntheses of metal complexes with M2L, ML and ML2 stoichiometries, sometimes supported with other ligands. Different oxidation states of the ligand can adopt different coordination modes. For example, in the fully oxidized form, two N donors are sp2-hybridized, which makes the ligand planar, whereas in the fully reduced form, the sp3-hybridized N donors allow the formation of more flexible chelate structures. In general, the metal can be reduced during complexation, but redox processes of the isolated complexes typically occur on the ligand. Combination of this non-innocent ligand with redox-active transition metals may lead to complexes with interesting magnetic, electrochemical, photonic and catalytic properties.
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- Ari Lehtonen
- Intelligent Materials Chemistry Research Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland
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Thi Q, Nguyen QH, Choi YS, Jeon SY, Boudouris BW, Joo Y. Conductive Glassy Nonconjugated Open-Shell Radical Polymer with Organosulfur Backbone for Macroscopic Conductivity. JACS AU 2024; 4:690-696. [PMID: 38425938 PMCID: PMC10900204 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2023] [Revised: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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Nonconjugated organic radicals with an open-shell radical active group exhibit unique functionality due to their radical pendant site. Compared with the previously studied doped conjugated polymers, radical polymers reveal superior processability, stability, and optical properties. Despite the success of organic radical polymer conductors based on the TEMPO radicals, it still requires potential design substitutions to meet the fundamental limits of charge transport in the radical polymer. To do so, we demonstrate that the amorphous, nonconjugated radical polymer with backbone-pendant group interaction and low glass transition temperature enables the macromolecules to have rapid charge transport in the solid state, resulting in conductivity higher than 32 S m-1. This charge transport is due to the formation of the local ordered regime with an energetically favored orientation caused by the strong coupling between the backbone and pendant group, which can significantly modulate the polymer packing with active electronic communications. The nonconjugate nature of the radical polymer maintains an optical transparency up to 98% at a 1.5 μm thick film. Thus, this effort will be a dramatically advanced model in the organic radical community for the creation of next-generation polymer conductors.
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- Quyen
Vu Thi
- Institute
of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute
of Science and Technology (KIST), Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk 55324, Republic of Korea
- Institute
of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 627833, Republic of Singapore
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- Institute
of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute
of Science and Technology (KIST), Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk 55324, Republic of Korea
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- Institute
of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute
of Science and Technology (KIST), Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk 55324, Republic of Korea
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- Institute
of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute
of Science and Technology (KIST), Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk 55324, Republic of Korea
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- Charles
D. Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 480 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, Purdue University, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, United States
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- Institute
of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute
of Science and Technology (KIST), Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk 55324, Republic of Korea
- Division
of Nano and Information Technology, KIST School, Korea University of Science and Technology (UST), Jeonbuk 55324, South Korea
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Mato M, Cornella J. Bismuth in Radical Chemistry and Catalysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202315046. [PMID: 37988225 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202315046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
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Whereas indications of radical reactivity in bismuth compounds can be traced back to the 19th century, the preparation and characterization of both transient and persistent bismuth-radical species has only been established in recent decades. These advancements led to the emergence of the field of bismuth radical chemistry, mirroring the progress seen for other main-group elements. The seminal and fundamental studies in this area have ultimately paved the way for the development of catalytic methodologies involving bismuth-radical intermediates, a promising approach that remains largely untapped in the broad landscape of synthetic organic chemistry. In this review, we delve into the milestones that eventually led to the present state-of-the-art in the field of radical bismuth chemistry. Our focus aims at outlining the intrinsic discoveries in fundamental inorganic/organometallic chemistry and contextualizing their practical applications in organic synthesis and catalysis.
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- Mauro Mato
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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Brás EM, Zimmermann C, Fausto R, Suhm MA. Benchmarking the anisotropy of nitroxyl radical solvation with IR spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:5822-5829. [PMID: 38314587 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp05668f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2024]
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Two simple nitroxyl radicals, di-tert-butyl nitroxyl (DTBN) and 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyloxyl (TEMPO) are solvated by one or two water, methanol, tert-butyl alcohol or phenol molecules. The resulting low temperature IR spectra of the vacuum-isolated microsolvates in the OH stretching range are assigned based on harmonic DFT predictions for closed shell solvent dimers and trimers and their offset from experiment, to minimise theory-guided assignment bias. Systematic conformational preferences for the first and second solvent molecule are observed, depending on the conformational rigidity of the radical. These assignments are collected into an experimental benchmark data set and used to assess the spectral predicting power of different DFT approaches. The goal is to find inexpensive computational methods which provide reliable spectral predictions for this poorly explored class of microsolvates.
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- Elisa M Brás
- University of Göttingen, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Tammannstr. 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
- CQC-IMS, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal
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- University of Göttingen, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Tammannstr. 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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- CQC-IMS, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal
- Faculty of Sciences and Letters, Department of Physics, Istanbul Kultur University, Ataköy Campus, Bakirköy 34156, Istanbul, Turkey
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- University of Göttingen, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Tammannstr. 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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Hu C, Kuhn L, Makurvet FD, Knorr ES, Lin X, Kawade RK, Mentink-Vigier F, Hanson K, Alabugin IV. Tethering Three Radical Cascades for Controlled Termination of Radical Alkyne peri-Annulations: Making Phenalenyl Ketones without Oxidants. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:4187-4211. [PMID: 38316011 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c13371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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Although Bu3Sn-mediated radical alkyne peri-annulations allow access to phenalenyl ring systems, the oxidative termination of these cascades provides only a limited selection of the possible isomeric phenalenone products with product selectivity controlled by the intrinsic properties of the new cyclic systems. In this work, we report an oxidant-free termination strategy that can overcome this limitation and enable selective access to the full set of isomerically functionalized phenalenones. The key to preferential termination is the preinstallation of a "weak link" that undergoes C-O fragmentation in the final cascade step. Breaking a C-O bond is assisted by entropy, gain of conjugation in the product, and release of stabilized radical fragments. This strategy is expanded to radical exo-dig cyclization cascades of oligoalkynes, which provide access to isomeric π-extended phenalenones. Conveniently, these cascades introduce functionalities (i.e., Bu3Sn and iodide moieties) amenable to further cross-coupling reactions. Consequently, a variety of polyaromatic diones, which could serve as phenalenyl-based open-shell precursors, can be synthesized.
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- Chaowei Hu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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Valente G, Ferreira P, Hernández-Rodríguez MA, Brites CDS, Amaral JS, Zelenovskii P, Paz FAA, Guieu S, Rocha J, Souto M. Exploring the Luminescence, Redox, and Magnetic Properties in a Multivariate Metal-Organic Radical Framework. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS : A PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2024; 36:1333-1341. [PMID: 38370275 PMCID: PMC10870702 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c02460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Revised: 01/04/2024] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
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Persistent neutral organic radicals are excellent building blocks for the design of functional molecular materials due to their unique electronic, magnetic, and optical properties. Among them, triphenylmethyl radical derivatives have attracted a lot of interest as luminescent doublet emitters. Although neutral organic radicals have been underexplored as linkers for building metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), they hold great potential as organic elements that could introduce additional electronic properties within these frameworks. Herein, we report the synthesis and characterization of a novel multicomponent metal-organic radical framework (PTMTCR@NR-Zn MORF), which is constructed from the combination of luminescent perchlorotriphenylmethyl tricarboxylic acid radical (PTMTCR) and nonemissive nonradical (PTMTCNR) organic linkers and Zn(II) ions. The PTMTCR@NR-Zn MORF structure is layered with microporous one-dimensional channels embedded within these layers. Kelvin probe force microscopy further confirmed the presence of both organic nonradical and radical linkers in the framework. The luminescence properties of the PTMTCR ligand (first studied in solution and in the solid state) were maintained in the radical-containing PTMTCR@NR-Zn MORF at room temperature as fluorescence solid-state quenching is suppressed thanks to the isolation of the luminescent radical linkers. In addition, magnetic and electrochemical properties were introduced to the framework due to the incorporation of the paramagnetic organic radical ligands. This work paves the way for the design of stimuli-responsive hybrid materials with tunable luminescence, electrochemical, and magnetic properties by the proper combination of closed- and open-shell organic linkers within the same framework.
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- Gonçalo Valente
- Department
of Chemistry, CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Aveiro 3810-393, Portugal
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- Department
of Chemistry, CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Aveiro 3810-393, Portugal
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- Department
of Physics, CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Aveiro 3810-393, Portugal
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- Department
of Physics, CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Aveiro 3810-393, Portugal
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- Department
of Physics, CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Aveiro 3810-393, Portugal
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- Department
of Chemistry, CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Aveiro 3810-393, Portugal
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- Department
of Chemistry, CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Aveiro 3810-393, Portugal
- Department
of Chemistry, LAQV-REQUIMTE, University
of Aveiro, Aveiro 3810-393, Portugal
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- Department
of Chemistry, CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Aveiro 3810-393, Portugal
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- Department
of Chemistry, CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Aveiro 3810-393, Portugal
- CIQUS,
Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Bioloxica
e Materiais Moleculares, Departamento de Química-Física, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago
de Compostela, Spain
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Tretyakov EV, Zayakin IA, Dmitriev AA, Fedin MV, Romanenko GV, Bogomyakov AS, Akyeva AY, Syroeshkin MA, Yoshioka N, Gritsan NP. A Nitronyl Nitroxide-Substituted Benzotriazinyl Tetraradical. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202303456. [PMID: 37988241 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
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High-spin organic tetraradicals with significant intramolecular exchange interactions have high potential for advanced technological applications and fundamental research, but those synthesized to date possess limited stability and processability. In this work, we have designed a tetraradical based on the Blatter's radical and nitronyl nitroxide radical moieties and successfully synthesized it by using the palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of a triiodo-derivative of the 1,2,4-benzotriazinyl radical with gold(I) nitronyl nitroxide-2-ide complex in the presence of a newly developed efficient catalytic system. The molecular and crystal structure of the tetraradical was confirmed by X-ray diffraction analysis. The tetraradical possesses good thermal stability with decomposition onset at ∼150 °C under an inert atmosphere and exhibits reversible redox waves at -0.54 and 0.45 V versus Ag/AgCl. The magnetic properties of the tetraradical were characterized by SQUID magnetometry of polycrystalline powders and EPR spectroscopy in various matrices. The collected data, analyzed by using high-level quantum chemical calculations, confirmed that the tetraradical has a triplet ground state and a nearby excited quintet state. The unique high stability of the prepared triazinyl-nitronylnitroxide tetraradical is a new milestone in the field of creating high-spin systems.
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- Evgeny V Tretyakov
- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Ave. 47, 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Ave. 47, 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- V.V. Voevodsky Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Institutskaya Str. 3, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
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- International Tomography Center, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Institutskaya Str. 3a, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
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- International Tomography Center, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Institutskaya Str. 3a, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
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- International Tomography Center, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Institutskaya Str. 3a, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Ave. 47, 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Ave. 47, 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Applied Chemistry Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, 223-8522 Kanagawa, Japan
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- V.V. Voevodsky Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Institutskaya Str. 3, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
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Suizu R, Shuku Y, Robert V, Roseiro P, Ben Amor N, Khawar Z, Robertson N, Awaga K. X-ray crystallographic analysis of the antiferromagnetic low-temperature phase of galvinoxyl: investigating magnetic duality in organic radicals. Dalton Trans 2024; 53:1961-1965. [PMID: 38099702 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt03601d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2024]
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Galvinoxyl, as one of the most extensively studied organic stable free radicals, exhibits a notable phase transition from a high-temperature (HT) phase with a ferromagnetic (FM) intermolecular interaction to a low-temperature (LT) phase with an antiferromagnetic (AFM) coupling at 85 K. Despite significant research efforts, the crystal structure of the AFM LT phase has remained elusive. This study successfully elucidates the crystal structure of the LT phase, which belongs to the P1̄ space group. The crystal structure of the LT phase is found to consist of a distorted dimer, wherein the distortion arises from the formation of short intermolecular distances between anti-node carbons in the singly-occupied molecular orbital (SOMO). Starting from the structure of the LT phase, wave function calculations show that the AFM coupling 2J/kB varies significantly from -1069 K to -54 K due to a parallel shift of the molecular planes within the dimer.
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- Rie Suizu
- Department of Chemistry & Integrated Research Consortium on Chemical Sciences (IRCCS), Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), PRESTO, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry & Integrated Research Consortium on Chemical Sciences (IRCCS), Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Quantique UMR 7177, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Quantique UMR 7177, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie Quantiques, UMR 5626 Université Paul Sabatier, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, UK
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry & Integrated Research Consortium on Chemical Sciences (IRCCS), Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.
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Shen L, Gao X, Chang Z, Zhang C, Li Y, Lu J, Meng Q, Wu Q. Sufficient driving force for quinoidal isoindigo-based diradicaloids with tunable diradical characters. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:2529-2538. [PMID: 38170813 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp05199d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
Abstract
Stable organic π-conjugated diradcialoids with tunable diradical characters can profoundly affect emerging technology. Over the past years, great efforts have been devoted to studying the structure-diradical character relationship in diradicaloids. Herein, a series of quinoidal isoindigo (IID) compounds with different attached terminal end groups were designed. Detailed analysis focuses on elucidating the driving force for evoking and enhancing the diradical character in the quinoidal IID systems. The arylene units of the IID core and the bridged aromatic units determine the contribution of the open-shell diradical form in the ground state. Diradical character y0 correlates well with bond length alternation (BLA), the total HOMA, and the total NICS(1)zz, and it is tuned by bridged aromatic units and terminal end groups in symmetric systems. The zwitterionic character weakens the diradical character in asymmetric systems to different extents. This work contributes to the deep understanding of evoking and enhancing the diradical character in quinoidal IID-based diradcialoids, providing useful guidelines to produce new molecules with desirable properties.
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- Li Shen
- College of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Chemistry, Weifang University, Weifang, 261061, China.
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Chemistry, Weifang University, Weifang, 261061, China.
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Chemistry, Weifang University, Weifang, 261061, China.
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Chemistry, Weifang University, Weifang, 261061, China.
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Chemistry, Weifang University, Weifang, 261061, China.
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Chemistry, Weifang University, Weifang, 261061, China.
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Chemistry, Weifang University, Weifang, 261061, China.
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Chemistry, Weifang University, Weifang, 261061, China.
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Ji B, Qi Z, Ye T, Li S, Shi Y, Cui S, Xiao J. Straightforward Synthesis of Pentagon-Embedded Expanded [11]Helicenes for Radiative Cooling Property. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202302893. [PMID: 37867144 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 10/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023]
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Two new pentagon-embedded carbo[11]helicenes have been designed and synthesized in a three-step process, which are the first example of carbo[11]helicenes through the post-functionalization of twistacene. TD-DFT analyses indicate that both of them possess high enantiomerization barriers of 42.29 kcal/mol and 40.76 kcal/mol, respectively. They emit strong red fluorescence and can be chemically oxidized into stable cationic radicals upon addition of AgSbF6 evidenced by the bathochromic-shifted absorption spectra and the appearance of electronic paramagnetic resonance (EPR) signals. In addition, such helical derivatives can be chosen as radiative cooling materials in a glass model house, and the maxima of 5.4 °C for the former and 6.5 °C for the latter are found in the comparative tests, which might be caused by the NIR reflective response.
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- Bingliang Ji
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Hebei Province, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Hebei Province, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Hebei Province, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Hebei Province, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Hebei Province, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, P. R. China
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- Division of Analysis, SINOPEC (Beijing) Research Institute of Chemical Industry, Co. Ltd., Beijing, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Hebei Province, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, P. R. China
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Sun Q, Chen H, Zhao Y, Wang T, Pei R, Zhao Y, Ye S, Wang X. A Discrete, Boron-Containing Triangular Triradical. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202302582. [PMID: 37842967 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Revised: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
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A neutral boron-containing triangular triradical based on a triptycene derivative has been designed and synthesized. Its structure, bonding and physical property have been studied by EPR spectroscopy, SQUID magnetometry and single crystal X-ray diffraction, as well as theoretical calculations. The triradical has a series of isosceles triangle conformations in the solution due to the Jahn-Teller distortion, leading to the splitting of the two low-lying doublet states. This factor together with negligible spin-orbit coupling (SOC) of composing light atoms quenches the spin frustration. The work represents a rare example of a neutral through-space triangular triradical.
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- Quanchun Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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Samanta D, Saha P, Maity S, Mondal S, Ghosh P. Coligands Controlled Reactivities of Ruthenium(II) Precursors: Antiferromagnetically Coupled Ruthenium(III)-Phenoxyl versus Ruthenium(II)-Phenoxyl Forms. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:229-246. [PMID: 38141026 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
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The study disclosed that the reactivities of [RuII (PPh3)3Cl2] and [RuII(PPh3)3(CO)(H)Cl] precursors toward a trimethoxyarylimino-phenol derivative are sensibly different. The former promotes methoxy demethylation reaction affording a [Phenolato-RuIII-Phenolato] unit, while the latter containing π-acidic CO and hydride as coligands leads to C-H activation reaction, generating a [Phenolato-RuII-Aryl] unit. Notably, the oxidized analogues of these two forms produce antiferromagnetically coupled [RuIII-phenoxyl] and paramagnetic [RuII-phenoxyl] forms, which exhibit diverse reactivities. Surprisingly, the magnetically coupled [RuIII-phenoxyl] form obtained from [Phenolato-RuIII-Phenolato] motif leads to coligand, PPh3 oxidation and undergoes dimerization, making a Ru-Ru bond (2.599(2) Å), while the [RuII-phenoxyl] form obtained from [Phenolato-RuII-Aryl] motif leads to C-C coupling and H abstraction reactions. The coupling reaction affords a 4,4'-dibenzosemiquinonate anion radical complex, but the H-abstraction of the phenoxyl form gives a [RuII-Phenol] complex. For comparison, [RuII(IQR 0)] and [RuII(ISQR·-)] complexes were also isolated, where IQR 0 and ISQR·- are p-R-o-iminobenzoquinone and p-R-o-iminobenzosemiquinonate anion radicals. However, they fail to promote any bond-formation reaction. The molecular and electronic structures of the ruthenium (II/III) complexes were confirmed by single-crystal X-ray crystallography, EPR spectroscopy, and DFT calculations.
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- Debasish Samanta
- Department of Chemistry, Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, Kolkata 700103, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, Kolkata 700103, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, Kolkata 700103, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, Kolkata 700103, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, Kolkata 700103, India
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