Issue 62, 2019

Nitrogen-doped heptazethrene and octazethrene diradicaloids

Abstract

We report the synthesis and electronic properties of nitrogen-doped heptazethrene (HZ) and octazethrene (OZ) diradicaloids, including the parent HZ-1N and OZ-1N, and the N-aryl-substituted dications, HZ-2N and OZ-2N. The unprotected HZ-1N and OZ-1N were generated in situ, but they are not stable enough for isolation. On the other hand, the N-aryl precursors 7a/7b were prepared by using a one-pot Buchwald–Hartwig amination followed by the intramolecular cyclization strategy. Chemical oxidation of 7a/7b gave the corresponding dications, HZ-2N/OZ-2N. HZ-2N displayed an open-shell singlet ground state with a moderate diradical character (y0 = 27.2%) and a small singlet–triplet energy gap (ΔES–T = −4.9 kcal mol−1). OZ-2N with larger diradical character (y0 = 54.7%) is more reactive and underwent the hydrogen abstraction reaction.

Graphical abstract: Nitrogen-doped heptazethrene and octazethrene diradicaloids

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 Jun 2019
Accepted
04 Jul 2019
First published
04 Jul 2019

Chem. Commun., 2019,55, 9100-9103

Nitrogen-doped heptazethrene and octazethrene diradicaloids

C. H. E. Chow, Y. Han, H. Phan and J. Wu, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 9100 DOI: 10.1039/C9CC04564C

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