Persistent and stable organic radicals: Design, synthesis, and applications

ZX Chen, Y Li, F Huang - Chem, 2021 - cell.com
Open-shell radicals are usually thermodynamically and kinetically unstable due to their
incompletely satisfied valency. However, the rapid development of radical chemistry in the …

Global aromaticity in macrocyclic polyradicaloids: Huckel's rule or baird's rule?

C Liu, Y Ni, X Lu, G Li, J Wu - Accounts of chemical research, 2019 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Aromaticity is one of the most important concepts in organic chemistry to
understand the electronic properties of cyclic π-conjugated molecules. Over a century …

From open-shell singlet diradicaloids to polyradicaloids

TY Gopalakrishna, W Zeng, X Lu, J Wu - Chemical Communications, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In this Feature Article, we highlight our recent efforts toward stable open-shell singlet
diradicaloids and polyradicaloids. A brief review on the historical works in the area is …

Near-infrared luminescent open-shell π-conjugated systems with a bright lowest-energy zwitterionic singlet excited state

CP Yu, R Chowdhury, Y Fu, P Ghosh, W Zeng… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Open-shell systems with extensive π-conjugation have fascinating properties due to their
narrow bandgaps and spin interactions. In this work, we report neutral open-shell di-and …

Diradical‐Featured Organic Small‐Molecule Photothermal Material with High‐Spin State in Dimers for Ultra‐Broadband Solar Energy Harvesting

J Sun, E Zhao, J Liang, H Li, S Zhao… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Organic materials with radical characteristics are gaining increasing attention, due to their
potential implications in highly efficient utilization of solar energy. Manipulating …

A highly stable organic luminescent diradical

A Abdurahman, J Wang, Y Zhao, P Li… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
It is very challenging to obtain stable room‐temperature luminescent open‐shell singlet
diradicals. Herein we report the first stable Müller's hydrocarbon TTM‐PhTTM with …

Electro-optical π-radicals: design advances, applications and future perspectives

P Murto, H Bronstein - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The unique open-shell electronic structure of neutral π-radicals has inspired research on
novel molecular materials for over a century. In recent years, rapid development in carbon …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Macrocyclic polyradicaloids with unusual super-ring structure and global aromaticity

C Liu, ME Sandoval-Salinas, Y Hong… - Chem, 2018 - cell.com
Summary π-Conjugated molecules with an annulene-within-an-annulene (AWA) super-ring
structure have been pursued by chemists for a long time but with limited success. Here, we …

Magnetic Bistability in an Organic Radical-Based Charge Transfer Cocrystal

W Lai, Y Bu, W Xiao, H Liu, J Guo, L Zhao… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We report herein an organic charge transfer cocrystal complex, consisting of a stable radical
TPVr and an electron acceptor TCNQF 4, as a rare sort of all-organic-based magnetic …