Persistent and stable organic radicals: Design, synthesis, and applications

ZX Chen, Y Li, F Huang - Chem, 2021 - cell.com
Open-shell radicals are usually thermodynamically and kinetically unstable due to their
incompletely satisfied valency. However, the rapid development of radical chemistry in the …

Heteroatom-based diradical (oid) s

A Hinz, J Bresien, F Breher, A Schulz - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Heteroatom-centered diradical (oid) s have been in the focus of molecular main group
chemistry for nearly 30 years. During this time, the diradical concept has evolved and the …

Structurally constrained boron-, nitrogen-, silicon-, and phosphorus-centered polycyclic π-conjugated systems

M Hirai, N Tanaka, M Sakai, S Yamaguchi - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Incorporation of main group elements into the π-conjugated frameworks is a sophisticated
strategy to alter the fundamental nature of the parent conjugated π-systems, giving rise to …

Isolable bis (triarylamine) dications: analogues of Thiele's, Chichibabin's, and Muller's hydrocarbons

G Tan, X Wang - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2017 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Since the pioneering work by Thiele and Chichibabin, who synthesized the first
diradicals bridged by phenylene and biphenylene groups in 1904 and 1907, respectively …

Polycationic Open‐Shell Cyclophanes: Synthesis of Electron‐Rich Chiral Macrocycles, and Redox‐Dependent Electronic States

Y Shi, C Li, J Di, Y Xue, Y Jia, J Duan, X Hu… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
π‐Conjugated chiral nanorings with intriguing electronic structures and chiroptical
properties have attracted considerable interests in synthetic chemistry and materials …

Multimodal Reactivity of N–H Bonds in Triazanes and Isolation of a Triazinyl Radical

A Koronatov, A Mauda, B Tumansky… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The employment of nitrogen Lewis acids based on nitrenium cations has been increasingly
featured in the fields of main group chemistry and catalysis. A formally reduced form of …

Anionic Boron- and Carbon-Based Hetero-Diradicaloids Spanned by a p-Phenylene Bridge

A Maiti, F Zhang, I Krummenacher… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Herein we report the synthesis and characterization of anionic boron-and carbon-based
Kekulé diradicaloids spanned by ap-phenylene bridge. In contrast to Thiele's hydrocarbon, a …

Para-Quinodimethanes: A Unified Review of the Quinoidal-Versus-Aromatic Competition and its Implications

J Casado - Physical Organic Chemistry of Quinodimethanes, 2018 - Springer
In this article, some quinoidal p-quinodimethanes compounds that convert partially or
completely to diradicals or biradicaloids are analyzed. The aromatic/quinoidal balance is …

Strongly reducing (diarylamino) anthracene catalyst for metal-free visible-light photocatalytic fluoroalkylation

N Noto, Y Tanaka, T Koike, M Akita - ACS Catalysis, 2018 - ACS Publications
Well-defined 9, 10-bis (di (p-tert-butylphenyl) amino) anthracene serves as a photocatalyst
for radical fluoroalkylation under visible light irradiation. The diarylamine (Donor) …

Magnetic Transition in Organic Radicals: The Crystal Engineering Aspects

A Paul, A Gupta, S Konar - Crystal Growth & Design, 2021 - ACS Publications
Spin–Spin interactions between unpaired electrons in organic radicals are of utter
importance from the viewpoint of molecular magnetism and the development of smart …