From stable radicals to thermally robust high-spin diradicals and triradicals

C Shu, Z Yang, A Rajca - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Stable radicals and thermally robust high-spin di-and triradicals have emerged as important
organic materials due to their promising applications in diverse fields. New fundamental …

Playing with organic radicals as building blocks for functional molecular materials

I Ratera, J Veciana - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The literature has shown numerous contributions on the synthesis and physicochemical
properties of persistent organic radicals but there are a lesser number of reports about their …

Pancake bonding: an unusual pi‐stacking interaction

M Kertesz - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A category of parallel π‐stacking interaction, termed pancake bonding, is surveyed. The
main characteristics are: the interaction occurs among radicals with highly delocalized π …

What's new in stable radical chemistry?

RG Hicks - Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 2007 - pubs.rsc.org
Many kinds of radicals are stable enough to isolate, handle, and store without any special
precautions. The diversity in molecular architectures of these stable radicals is sufficiently …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular design for efficient singlet fission

S Ito, T Nagami, M Nakano - Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C …, 2018 - Elsevier
Singlet fission is a photophysical process in molecules and molecular aggregates, in which
a singlet exciton generated by irradiation splits into two triplet excitons. Recently, singlet …

Radical Single-Molecule Junctions

L Li, CR Prindle, W Shi, C Nuckolls… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Radicals are unique molecular systems for applications in electronic devices due to their
open-shell electronic structures. Radicals can function as good electrical conductors and …

Pancake bonds: π-Stacked dimers of organic and light-atom radicals

KE Preuss - Polyhedron, 2014 - Elsevier
The nature of the chemical bond is fundamental to the modern concept of chemistry. Species
that exhibit unusual interactions provide a valuable challenge to current theoretical models …

Persistent borafluorene radicals

W Yang, KE Krantz, LA Freeman… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract N‐Heterocyclic carbene (NHC)‐and cyclic (alkyl)(amino) carbene (CAAC)‐
stabilized borafluorene radicals have been isolated and characterized by elemental …

Magnetic Ordering in a High‐Spin Donor–Acceptor Conjugated Polymer

ME Steelman, DJ Adams, KS Mayer… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The development of open‐shell organic molecules that magnetically order at room
temperature, which can be practically applied, remains a grand challenge in chemistry …

Electrochemical studies of verdazyl radicals

JB Gilroy, SDJ McKinnon, BD Koivisto, RG Hicks - Organic letters, 2007 - ACS Publications
The redox properties of verdazyl radicals are presented using cyclic voltammetry
techniques. These radicals can be reversibly reduced as well as oxidized. Electron-donating …