A Stable Saddle-Shaped Polycyclic Hydrocarbon with an Open-Shell Singlet Ground State

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Abstract

Diindeno-fused bischrysene, a new diindeno-based polycyclic hydrocarbon (PH), was synthesized and characterized. It was elucidated in detailed experimental and theoretical studies that this cyclopenta-fused PH possesses an open-shell singlet biradical structure in the ground state and exhibits high stability under ambient conditions (t 1/2 =39 days). The crystal structure unambiguously shows a novel saddle-shaped π-conjugated carbon skeleton due to the steric hindrance of the central cove-edged bischrysene unit. UV/Vis spectral measurements revealed that the title molecule has a very narrow optical energy gap of 0.92 eV, which is consistent with the electrochemical analysis and further supported by density functional theory (DFT) calculations.

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3280-3284
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie : a journal of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker ; International edition
Volume56
Issue number12
Publication statusPublished - 13 Mar 2017
Peer-reviewedYes

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Scopus 85013669821