Issue 2, 2021

Revealing the biradicaloid nature inherited in the derivatives of thieno[3,4-c][1,2,5]thiadiazole: a computational study

Abstract

Computational studies were performed on non-classical thieno[3,4-c][1,2,5] thiadiazole and its pi donor derivatives (TT dyes) so as to delineate the factors responsible for their near-infrared (NIR) absorption. For all dyes except the unsubstituted bare dye, adiabatic singlet–triplet energy gaps (estimated through the ΔSCF procedure using the B3LYP and M062X DFT methods and SFTDDFT with the 5050 functional) were less than 1eV. Percentage calculations of the biradicaloid character suggested a moderate biradicaloid nature in all derivatives. There was a resemblance between the frontier molecular orbital (MO) picture of the TT bicyclic ring and the degenerate non-bonding molecular orbitals of Trimethyleneethane (TME, a known biradical). Inter-fragment charge transfer analysis revealed not only a considerable donation of charge to the central ring (Acceptor, TT part) but also substantial charge redistribution within the ring itself. From these results, it was inferred that NIR absorption, in these dyes, was due to: (1) a reduced HOMO–LUMO gap (HLG) as a TME biradical substructure forms its chromophoric part; and (2) charge transfer from the donor substituents. The non-bonding nature of the S atom, in the bare dye, with its neighbouring N/C atom (of the highest occupied π-MOs), led to an examination of its electronic structure using the ab initio valence bond method. The relatively large weight and energetic stability of the biradicaloid VB structures compared to those of the ylidic structures clearly disclosed the importance of biradicaloid structures in the overall resonance of the bare dye. Their utility as singlet fission materials was screened using singlet and triplet energy-based molecular structure activity criteria. The results were encouraging, demanding experiments to reaffirm the materials’ usefulness.

Graphical abstract: Revealing the biradicaloid nature inherited in the derivatives of thieno[3,4-c][1,2,5]thiadiazole: a computational study

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 Sep 2020
Accepted
12 Nov 2020
First published
13 Nov 2020

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021,23, 1050-1061

Revealing the biradicaloid nature inherited in the derivatives of thieno[3,4-c][1,2,5]thiadiazole: a computational study

A. Thomas, C. Ji, B. Siddlingeshwar, P. U. Manohar, F. Ying and W. Wu, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021, 23, 1050 DOI: 10.1039/D0CP05106C

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