Issue 45, 2012
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Chemical Communications

Aromaticity and π-bond covalency: prominent intermolecular covalent bonding interaction of a Kekulé hydrocarbon with very significant singlet biradical character†‡§

Akihiro Shimizu,a   Yasukazu Hirao,a   Kouzou Matsumoto,a   Hiroyuki Kurata,a   Takashi Kubo,*a   Mikio Uruichib  and  Kyuya Yakushib  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Japan
E-mail: kubo@chem.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp

b Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Japan

Abstract

An anthracene-linked bisphenalenyl Kekulé molecule with very significant singlet biradical character has shown a prominent covalent bonding interaction between molecules in a molecular aggregate. High aromatic stabilization energy in the anthracene linker is responsible for the significant singlet biradical character.

Graphical abstract: Aromaticity and π-bond covalency: prominent intermolecular covalent bonding interaction of a Kekulé hydrocarbon with very significant singlet biradical character

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC31955A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
17 3 2012
Accepted
03 4 2012
First published
10 4 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 5629-5631

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Aromaticity and π-bond covalency: prominent intermolecular covalent bonding interaction of a Kekulé hydrocarbon with very significant singlet biradical character

A. Shimizu, Y. Hirao, K. Matsumoto, H. Kurata, T. Kubo, M. Uruichi and K. Yakushi, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 5629 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC31955A

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