Issue 28, 2018

Carbene derived diradicaloids – building blocks for singlet fission?

Abstract

Organic singlet diradicaloids promise application in non-linear optics, electronic devices and singlet fission. The stabilization of carbon allotropes/cumulenes (C1, C2, C4) by carbenes has been equally an area of high activity. Combining these fields, we showed recently that carbene scaffolds allow as well for the design of diradicaloids. Herein, we report a comprehensive computational investigation (CASSCF/NEVPT2; fractional occupation DFT) on the electronic properties of carbene–bridge–carbene type diradicaloids. We delineate how to adjust the properties of these ensembles through the choice of carbene and bridge and show that already a short C2 bridge results in remarkable diradicaloid character. The choice of the carbene separately tunes the energies of the S1 and T1 excited states, whereas the bridge adjusts the overall energy level of the excited states. Accordingly, we develop guidelines on how to tailor the electronic properties of these molecules. Of particular note, fractional occupation DFT is an excellent tool to predict singlet–triplet gaps.

Graphical abstract: Carbene derived diradicaloids – building blocks for singlet fission?

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
03 May 2018
Accepted
25 Jun 2018
First published
02 Jul 2018
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Sci., 2018,9, 6107-6117

Carbene derived diradicaloids – building blocks for singlet fission?

J. Messelberger, A. Grünwald, P. Pinter, M. M. Hansmann and D. Munz, Chem. Sci., 2018, 9, 6107 DOI: 10.1039/C8SC01999A

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