Singlet-triplet gap in triplet ground-state biradicals is modulated by substituent effects
Singlet-triplet gap in triplet ground-state biradicals is modulated by substituent effects
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DOI:
10.1021/ja020154
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发表时间:
2002-08-28
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15
通讯作者:
Rheingold, AL
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作者:
Shultz, DA;Bodnar, SH;Rheingold, AL
Three S = 1 bis(semiquinone) complexes have been prepared. To ensure ferromagnetic intramolecular exchange coupling, the two semiquinones are attached 1,3 to a 5-substituted phenylene ring. The biradical complexes differ in their meta-substituents: 1-NMe2,X=N,N-dimethylamino; 1-t-Bu, X = tert-butyl; 1-NO2, X = nitro. All three structures have been determined by X-ray crystallography. Results of structural studies indicate that the biradical ligands of all three complexes have nearly identical conformations with average semiquinone ring torsions of 32degrees +/- 2degrees relative to the 5-substituted phenylene ring. The exchange parameter, J (H = -2J (S) over cap (1).(S) over cap (2)), ranges from +31.0 +/- 0.6 cm(-1) for 1-NO2 to +59.3 +/- 1.2 cm(-1) for 1-t-Bu, with J = +34.9 +/-0.7 cm(-1) for 1-NMe2. Since the conformations are nearly identical, the differences in exchange coupling parameter J are due to substituent effects. The experimental results are supported by Huckel theory arguments and previous computational work.