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Structural Indicators of Electronic Interaction in the 1,1',5,5'-Tetramethyl-6,6'-dioxo-3,3'-biverdazyl Diradical
Journal of Physical Chemistry (1996)
  • David J R Brook, San Jose State University
  • Harold H Fox, University of Texas at Austin
  • Vincent Lynch, University of Texas at Austin
  • Marye Anne Fox, University of Texas at Austin
Abstract
The diradical 1,1‘,5,5‘-tetramethyl-6,6‘-dioxo-3,3‘-biverdazyl, 6, crystallizes in a monoclinic unit cell with a = 4.224(1), b = 17.378(2), c = 7.529(1) Å, β = 96.02(1)°, space group P21/c (No. 14). The crystal structure of 6 shows local D2h symmetry. ESR measurements in a frozen chloroform solution indicate that isolated 6 has a singlet ground state with a triplet excited state 760 cm-1 (0.094 eV) above the ground state with zero-field splitting parameters D = 0.038 cm-1 and E = 0.0016 cm-1. Semiempirical calculations (AM-1) suggest that 6 is twisted in solution. Crystalline 6 shows a temperature-activated ESR signal with no features characteristic of an isolated triplet. Strong intermolecular π-stacking interactions prevent the analysis of this temperature activation in terms of intermolecular and intramolecular exchange parameters.
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1996
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David J R Brook, Harold H Fox, Vincent Lynch and Marye Anne Fox. "Structural Indicators of Electronic Interaction in the 1,1',5,5'-Tetramethyl-6,6'-dioxo-3,3'-biverdazyl Diradical" Journal of Physical Chemistry Vol. 100 Iss. 6 (1996)
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