Dynamic covalent properties of a novel indolo[3,2-b]carbazole diradical

Badia-Dominguez, I., Pena-Alvarez, M., Wang, D., Peres Guardiola, A., Vida, Y., Rodriguez Gonzalez, S., Lopez Navarette, J. T., Hernadez Jolin, V., Sancho Garcia, J. C., Garcia Baonza, V., Nash, R., Hartl, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7013-5360, Li, H. and Ruiz Delgado, M. C. (2021) Dynamic covalent properties of a novel indolo[3,2-b]carbazole diradical. Chemistry- A European Journal, 27 (17). pp. 5509-5520. ISSN 1521-3765 doi: 10.1002/chem.202005211

Abstract/Summary

This work describes the synthesis and properties of adicyanomethylene-substituted indolo[3,2-b]carbazole diradical ICz-CN. This quinoidal system dimerises almost completely to (ICz-CN)2,which contains two long C(sp3)@ C(sp3) s-bonds between the dicyanomethylene units. The minor open-shell ICz-CN component in the solid-state mixture was identified by EPR spectroscopy.Cyclic voltammetry and UV–visible spectroelectrochemical data, as well as comparison with reference monomerICz-Br reveal that the nature of the one-electronoxidation of (ICz-CN)2 at ambient temperature and ICz-CN at elevated temperature is very similar in all these compounds due to the prevailing localization of their HOMO on the ICz backbone. The peculiar cathodic behaviour reflects the co-existence of (ICz-CN)2 and ICz-CN. The involvement of the dicyanomethylene groupsstabilizes the close-lying LUMO and LUMO+1of(ICz-CN)2 and especially ICz-CN comparedtoICz-Br,resulting in ad istinctive cathodic response at low overpotentials. Differently from neutralICz-CN, its radicalanion and dianion are remarkably stable under ambient conditions. The UV/Vis(–NIR) electronic transitions in parent (ICz-CN)2 and ICz-CN and their different redox forms have been assigned convincingly with the aid of TD-DFT calculations. The s-bond in neutral(ICz-CN)2 is cleaved in solution and in the solid-state upon soft external stimuli (temperature, pressure), showing astrong chromism from light yellow to blue–green. Notably,inthe solid state, the monomeric diradical species is predominantly formed under high hydrostatic pressure (>1GPa).

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URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/97653
Identification Number/DOI	10.1002/chem.202005211
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Chemistry
Publisher	Wiley
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