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Double-σ-Bonded Close-Shell Dimers and Peroxy-Linked Open-Shell Dimer Derived from a C3 Symmetric Trioxophenalenyl
Tsuyoshi Murata1, Kenta Yoshida2, Shuichi Suzuki3
1Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Aichi Institute of Technology, Yachigusa 1247, Yakusa, Toyota, Aichi, Japan.
Abstract:
A novel neutral diradical of π-extended phenalenyl derivative having three oxo-groups, tri-tert-butyl-1,4,7-trioxophenalenyl, and two types of the corresponding σ-dimers were investigated. Quantum chemical calculations showed that the neutral diradical is in triplet ground state having doubly degenerate singly occupied molecular orbitals. The neutral diradical undergoes a σ-dimerization, generating two types of σ-dimers immediately after the preparation. One of the σ-dimers, which was selectively generated in the crystalline state, was a close-shell dimer linked through double-σ-bonds on the phenalenyl skeleton with a long C-C bond length of 1.66 Å. The other σ-dimer, which existed only in the solution state, was a peroxy-linked open-shell dimer in which one σ-bond was formed between two oxygen atoms. Furthermore, the temperature-dependent 1 H NMR and ESR spectra revealed that these σ-dimers are in equilibrium in the solution state by the reversible σ-bond formation/cleavage via the neutral diradical as a key intermediate.
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