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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 very well resolved NMR spectra, whereas ADC-based Müller's hydrocarbon displays EPR signals and featureless NMR spectra at room temperature. The spacer also has a strong influence on the UV-Vis-NIR spectra of these compounds. Considering that our methodology is modular, these results provide a convenient platform for the synthesis of an electronically modified new class of carbon-centered Kekulé diradicaloids.

SUBMITTER: Maiti A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8162802 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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