Multiple stable redox states and tunable ground states <i>via</i> the marriage of viologens and Chichibabin's hydrocarbon
Yuyang Dai, Zhuofeng Xie, Manling Bao, Chunmeng Liu, Yuanting Su
Abstract
, respectively. Moreover, the ground states of 1 and 2 are tunable with 1 as a closed-shell singlet and the tetramethyl-substituted 2 as an open-shell singlet, the latter of which could be thermally excited to its triplet state because of the small singlet-triplet gap.
Topics & Concepts
Singlet stateOpen shellRedoxChemistryPhotochemistryHydrocarbonAtomic physicsPhysicsInorganic chemistryOrganic chemistryExcited stateOrganoboron and organosilicon chemistryBoron and Carbon Nanomaterials ResearchLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials