From stable radicals to thermally robust high-spin diradicals and triradicals

C Shu, Z Yang, A Rajca - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Stable radicals and thermally robust high-spin di-and triradicals have emerged as important
organic materials due to their promising applications in diverse fields. New fundamental …

Synthesis of π-conjugated chiral organoborane macrocycles with blue to near-infrared emissions and the diradical character of cations

F Zhao, J Zhao, H Liu, Y Wang, J Duan… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Highly emissive π-conjugated macrocycles with tunable circularly polarized luminescence
(CPL) have sparked theoretical and synthetic interests in recent years. Herein, we report a …

Red Emissive Double Aza [7] helicenes with Antiaromaticity/Aromaticity Switching via the Redox‐Induced Radical Cation and Dication Species

C Li, C Zhang, P Li, Y Jia, J Duan, M Liu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We herein present the synthetic approach to a new antiaromatic double aza [7] helicene C
that features NN‐embedded polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). This heteroatom …

Triple para-Functionalized Cations and Neutral Radicals of Enantiopure Diaza[4]helicenes

B Fabri, T Funaioli, L Frédéric, C Elsner… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Modulation of absorbance and emission is key for the design of chiral chromophores.
Accessing a series of compounds absorbing and emitting (circularly polarized) light over a …

Polycationic Open‐Shell Cyclophanes: Synthesis of Electron‐Rich Chiral Macrocycles, and Redox‐Dependent Electronic States

Y Shi, C Li, J Di, Y Xue, Y Jia, J Duan, X Hu… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
π‐Conjugated chiral nanorings with intriguing electronic structures and chiroptical
properties have attracted considerable interests in synthetic chemistry and materials …

Chiral π-Conjugated Double Helical Aminyl Diradical with the Triplet Ground State

H Guo, JB Lovell, C Shu, M Pink, M Morton… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We report a neutral high-spin diradical of chiral C 2-symmetric bis [5] diazahelicene with Δ E
ST≈ 0.4 kcal mol–1, as determined by EPR spectroscopy/SQUID magnetometry. The …

Chiral Luminescent Aza [7] helicenes Functionalized with a Triarylborane Acceptor and Near-Infrared-Emissive Doublet-State Radicals

J Duan, Y Shi, F Zhao, C Li, Z Duan, N Zhang… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This paper presents new chiral luminescent molecules (N7-BMes2 and N7-TTM) using
configurationally stable aza [7] helicene (1) as a universal heteroatom-doped chiral scaffold …

Negative solvatochromism and sign inversion of circularly polarized luminescence in chiral exciplexes as a function of solvent polarity

P Sumsalee, P Morgante, G Pieters… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The potential control of circularly polarized luminescence (CPL), especially its sign and
switching at the molecular level without any chemical modification, is desirable, but remains …

A Helicene‐Based Single‐Molecule Inductor and Capacitor with Frequency‐Dependent Charge‐Transport Pathways

P He, J Ye, J Zhang, T Lu, W Cui, J Liu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Despite extensive studies has been explored on single‐molecule switches and rectifiers, the
design of single‐molecule inductors has not been explored due to the experimental …

Generation and Characterization of a Tetraradical Embedded in a Curved Cyclic Paraphenylene Unit

Y Miyazawa, Z Wang, S Hatano… - … A European Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Unique spin–spin (magnetic) interactions, ring‐size effects on ground‐state spin multiplicity,
and in‐plane aromaticity has been found in localized 1, 3‐diradicals embedded in curved …