Acyclic diaminocarbene-based Thiele, Chichibabin, and Muller hydrocarbons.

ABSTRACT: Thiele, Chichibabin and Müller hydrocarbons are considered as classical Kekulé diradicaloids. Herein we report the synthesis and characterization of acyclic diaminocarbene (ADC)-based Thiele, Chichibabin, and Müller hydrocarbons. The calculated singlet-triplet energy gaps are ΔE _S-T = -27.96, -3.70, -0.37 kcal mol^-1, respectively, and gradually decrease with the increasing length of the π-conjugated spacer (p-phenylene vs. p,p'-biphenylene vs. p,p''-terphenylene) between the two ADC-scaffolds. In agreement with the calculations, we also experimentally observed the enhancement of paramagnetic diradical character as a function of the length of the π-conjugated spacer. ADC-based Thiele's hydrocarbon is EPR silent and exhibits ver

SUBMITTER: Maiti A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8162802 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature