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Extended Bis(benzothia)quinodimethanes and Their Dications: From Singlet Diradicaloids to Isoelectronic Structures of
Shaoqiang Dong1, Tun Seng Herng2, Tullimilli Y Gopalakrishna1
1Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, 117543, Singapore, Singapore.
Abstract:
Extended bis(benzothia)quinodimethanes and their dications were synthesized as stable species. The neutral compounds mainly have a quinoidal structure in the ground state but show increased diradical character with extension of the central quinodimethane unit. The dications exhibit similar electronic absorption spectra, NMR spectra, NICS values, and diatropic ring currents to their aromatic all-carbon acene analogues and thus can be regarded as genuine isoelectronic structures of pentacene, hexacene, and heptacene, respectively. Our research gave some insights into the design and synthesis of stable longer acene analogues.
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