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Duan JJ, Yang XQ, Li R, Li X, Chen T, Wang D. N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Derived 1,3,5-Trimethylenebenzene: On-Surface Synthesis and Electronic Structure. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:13025-13033. [PMID: 38693826 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c14298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
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1,3,5-Trimethylenebenzene (1,3,5-TMB), a 3-fold-symmetric triradical with a high-spin ground state, is an attractive platform for investigating the unique spin properties of π-conjugated triangular triradicals. Here, we report the on-surface synthesis of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-derived 1,3,5-TMB (N-TMB) via surface-assisted C-C and C-N coupling reactions on Au(111). The chemical and electronic structures of N-TMB on the Au(111) surface are revealed with atomic precision using scanning tunneling microscopy and noncontact atomic force microscopy, combined with density functional theory (DFT) calculations. It is demonstrated that there is substantial charge transfer between N-TMB and the substrate, resulting in a positively charged N-TMB on Au(111). DFT calculations at the UB3LYP/def2-TZVP level of theory and multireference method, e.g., CASSCF/NEVPT2, indicate that N-TMB possesses a doublet ground state with reduced Cs symmetry in the gas phase, contrasting the quartet ground state of 1,3,5-TMB with D3h symmetry, and exhibits a doublet-quartet energy gap of -0.80 eV. The incorporation of NHC structures and the extended π-conjugation promote the spin-orbital overlaps in N-TMB, leading to Jahn-Teller distortion and the formation of a robust doublet state. Our results not only demonstrate the fabrication of polyradicals based on NHC but also shed light on the effect of NHC and π-conjugation on the electronic structure and spin coupling, which opens up new possibilities for precisely regulating the spin-spin exchange coupling of organic polyradicals.
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- Jun-Jie Duan
- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Center for Carbon-based Electronics and Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, School of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Das A, Saha S, Maji S, Sarkar P, Jose A, Bhatt MM, Bhunia A, Dutta A, Pati SK, Mandal SK. Highly Stable Self-Regenerating Organic Multi-Redox Systems derived from Bicyclic (Alkyl)(amino)carbenes (BICAACs). Chemistry 2024; 30:e202303411. [PMID: 38441342 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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An extended class of organic multi-redox systems was derived from bicyclic(alkyl)amino carbenes (BICAACs). The highly-conjugated system undergoes a total of 4 redox events spanning a 1.8 V redox range. These organic compounds exhibited four different stable redox states (dication, radical cation, neutral and radical anion), and all of them were characterized either by single crystal X-ray study and/or various spectroscopic studies. Three of the four redox states are stable to air and moisture. The availability of stable multiple redox states demonstrated promise towards their efficacy in the symmetric H-cell charge/discharge cycling. Among various redox states, the dication/neutral state works efficiently and continuously for 1500 cycles in 2e- charge/discharge process outside glovebox in commercially available DMF with minimum capacity loss (retaining nearly 90 % Coulombic efficiency). Surprisingly, the efficiency of the redox cycle was retained even if the system was exposed to air for 30 days when it slowly regenerated to the initial deep blue radical cation, and it exhibited another 100 charge/discharge cycles with a minimal capacity loss. Such a stable H-cell cycling ability is not well known among organic molecule-based systems.
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- Arpan Das
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, 741246, Nadia, India
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- Chemistry Department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, 741246, Nadia, India
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- Theoretical Sciences Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, 560064, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, 741246, Nadia, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, 741246, Nadia, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, 741246, Nadia, India
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- Chemistry Department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
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- Theoretical Sciences Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, 560064, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, 741246, Nadia, India
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Das A, Elvers BJ, Chrysochos N, Uddin SI, Gangber T, Krummenacher I, Borah D, Mishra A, Shanmugam M, Yildiz CB, Braunschweig H, Schulzke C, Jana A. Dianionic and Neutral Diboron-Centered Classical Diradicaloids. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:9004-9011. [PMID: 38502925 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c13310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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Herein, we report the syntheses and electronic structures of crystalline dianionic as well as neutral diboron-centered classical diradicaloids as boron analogues of classical Thiele, Chichibabin, and Müller (this only for dianionic diradicaloids!) hydrocarbons. These are based on borane radical anion and NHC-stabilized boryl radical spin carriers, respectively. All these dianionic diboron-centered diradicaloids exhibit triplet population at room temperature regardless of the π-conjugated spacer: p-phenylene, p,p'-biphenylene, or p,p″-terphenylene. In the case of neutral diboron-centered diradicaloids, the employed π-conjugated spacer plays a crucial role for the triplet population at room temperature: EPR inactive for p-phenylene vs EPR active for p,p'-biphenylene. The findings emphasize the importance of the spin carriers for the resulting ground-state: borane radical anion vs NHC-stabilized boryl radical along with the pivotal role of the π-conjugated spacer as spin-coupler between two spins. Notably, 100 years (a century) after the first report by Krause of the triphenyl borane radical-anion, being isoelectronic to the triphenylmethyl radical, we convey borane radical anion-based diradicaloids. Furthermore, while donor-stabilized boryl radicals were introduced in the 1980s by Giles and Roberts, said concept is herewith being extended to NHC-stabilized boryl radical-based diradicaloids.
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- Ayan Das
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Gopanpally, Hyderabad 500046, India
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- Institut für Biochemie, Universität Greifswald, Greifswald D-17489, Germany
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Gopanpally, Hyderabad 500046, India
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Gopanpally, Hyderabad 500046, India
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Gopanpally, Hyderabad 500046, India
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron (ICB), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, Würzburg 97074, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Gopanpally, Hyderabad 500046, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India
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- Department of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, Aksaray University, Aksaray 68100, Turkey
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron (ICB), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, Würzburg 97074, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Universität Greifswald, Greifswald D-17489, Germany
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Gopanpally, Hyderabad 500046, India
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Deng CL, Hollister KK, Molino A, Tra BYE, Dickie DA, Wilson DJD, Gilliard RJ. Unveiling Three Interconvertible Redox States of Boraphenalene. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:6145-6156. [PMID: 38380615 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c13726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2024]
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Neutral 1-boraphenalene displays the isoelectronic structure of the phenalenyl carbocation and is expected to behave as an attractive organoboron multi-redox system. However, the isolation of new redox states have remained elusive even though the preparation of neutral boron(III)-containing phenalene compounds have been extensively studied. Herein, we have adopted an N-heterocyclic carbene ligand stabilization approach to achieve the first isolation of the stable and ambipolar 1-boraphenalenyl radical 1•. The 1-boraphenalenyl cation 1+ and anion 1- have also been electrochemically observed and chemically isolated, representing new redox forms of boraphenalene for the study of non-Kekulé polynuclear benzenoid molecules. Experimental and theoretical investigations suggest that the interconvertible three-redox-state species undergo reversible electronic structure modifications, which primarily take place on the polycyclic framework of the molecules, exhibiting atypical behavior compared to known donor-stabilized organoboron compounds. Initial reactivity studies, aromaticity evaluations, and photophysical studies show redox-state-dependent trends. While 1+ is luminescent in both the solution and solid states, 1• exhibits boron-centered reactivity and 1- undergoes substitution chemistry on the boraphenalenyl skeleton and serves as a single-electron transfer reductant.
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- Chun-Lin Deng
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, 3086 Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, 3086 Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Zhang SY, Yang XD, Zhang YJ, Zhou JH, Liu SH, Sun JK. A Versatile Strategy for the Generation of Air-stable Radical-functionalized Materials. Small Methods 2024:e2301468. [PMID: 38295090 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202301468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Revised: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/02/2024]
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The exploration of a facile approach to create structurally versatile substances carrying air-stable radicals is highly desired, but still a huge challenge in chemistry and materials science. Herein, a non-contact method to generate air-stable radicals by exposing pyridine/imidazole ring-bearing substances to volatile cyanuric chloride vapor, harnessed as a chemical fuel is reported. This remarkable feat is accomplished through a nucleophilic substitution reaction, wherein an intrinsic electron transfer event transpires spontaneously, originating from the chloride anion (Cl- ) to the cationic nitrogen (N+ ) atom, ultimately giving rise to pyridinium/imidazolium radicals. Impressively, the generated radicals exhibit noteworthy stability in the air over one month owing to the delocalization of the unpaired electron through the extended and highly fused π-conjugated pyridinium/imidazolium-triazine unit. Such an approach is universal to diverse substances, including organic molecules, metal-organic complexes, hydrogels, polymers, and organic cage materials. Capitalizing on this versatile technique, surface radical functionalization can be readily achieved across diverse substrates. Moreover, the generated radical species showcase a myriad of high-performance applications, including mimicking natural peroxidase to accelerate oxidation reactions and achieving high-efficiency near-infrared photothermal conversion and photothermal bacterial inhibition.
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- Su-Yun Zhang
- College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 102488, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions (Ministry of Education), Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, 453007, P. R. China
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- College of Science, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Yuhua Road 70, Shijiazhuang, 050080, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 102488, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 102488, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 102488, P. R. China
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Li X, Wang YL, Chen C, Han YF. Luminescent Crystalline Carbon- and Nitrogen-Centered Organic Radicals Based on N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Triphenylamine Hybrids. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202203242. [PMID: 36331436 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202203242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Revised: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Developing luminescent radicals with tunable emission is a challenging task due to the limitation of alternative skeletons. Herein, a series of carbene-triphenylamine hybrids were prepared by the direct C2-arylation of N-heterocyclic carbenes with 4-bromo-N,N-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)aniline. These hybrids showed multiple redox-active properties and could be converted to carbon-centered luminescent radicals with blue-to-cyan emissions (λmax : 436-486 nm) or nitrogen-centered luminescent radicals with orange emissions (λmax : 590-623 nm) through chemical reduction or oxidation, respectively. The radical species were characterized by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, and single-crystal X-ray diffractometry analysis. Notably, the corresponding nitrogen-centered radicals exhibited good stability in atmospheric air, and their thermal decomposition temperatures were determined to be above 200 °C. In addition, spectral and theoretical calculations indicate that all radicals exhibit anti-Kasha emissions.
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- Xin Li
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and, Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and, Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and, Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and, Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China
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Peltier JL, Serrato MR, Thery V, Pecaut J, Tomás-Mendivil E, Bertrand G, Jazzar R, Martin D. An air-stable radical with a redox-chameleonic amide. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:595-598. [PMID: 36524847 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc05404c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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An air-stable (amino)(amido)radical was synthesized by reacting a cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbene with carbazoyl chloride, followed by one-electron reduction. We show that an adjacent radical center weakens the amide bond. It enables the amino group to act as a strong acceptor under steric contraint, thus enhancing the stabilizing capto-dative effect.
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- Jesse L Peltier
- UCSD-CNRS Joint Research Chemistry Laboratory (IRL 3555), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0358, USA
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- UCSD-CNRS Joint Research Chemistry Laboratory (IRL 3555), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0358, USA
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- University Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, DCM, Grenoble 38000, France.
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- University Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, INAC-SyMMES, UMR 5819, Grenoble 38000, France
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- UCSD-CNRS Joint Research Chemistry Laboratory (IRL 3555), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0358, USA
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- UCSD-CNRS Joint Research Chemistry Laboratory (IRL 3555), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0358, USA
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- University Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, DCM, Grenoble 38000, France.
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He C, Si DH, Huang YB, Cao R. A CO 2 -Masked Carbene Functionalized Covalent Organic Framework for Highly Efficient Carbon Dioxide Conversion. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202207478. [PMID: 35789079 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202207478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Free N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are generally prepared by treatment of imidazolium precursors with strong alkali reagents, which usually produces inactive NHC dimers. This treatment would destroy porous supports and thus make supported NHC catalysts difficult to recovery and reuse. Herein, we report the first stable CO2 -masked N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) grafted on a porous crystalline covalent organic framework (COF). The stable NHC-CO2 moieties in the COF-NHC-CO2 could be transformed in situ into isolated NHCs by heating, which exhibit superior catalytic performances in hydrosilylation and N-formylation reactions with CO2 . The NHC sites can reversibly form NHC-CO2 and thus can be easily recycled and reused while maintaining excellent catalytic activity. Density functional theory calculations revealed that NHC sites can be fully exposed after removal of CO2 -masks and rapidly react with silanes, which endows COF-NHC with high catalytic activity.
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- Chang He
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
- Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, Fuzhou, 350108, P. R. China
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Li X, Wang YL, Chen C, Ren YY, Han YF. A platform for blue-luminescent carbon-centered radicals. Nat Commun 2022; 13:5367. [PMID: 36100595 PMCID: PMC9470563 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33130-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Organic radicals, which have unique doublet spin-configuration, provide an alternative method to overcome the efficiency limitation of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) based on conventional fluorescent organic molecules. Further, they have made great breakthroughs in deep-red and near-infrared OLEDs. However, it is difficult to extend their fluorescence into a short-wavelength region because of the natural narrow bandgap of the organic radicals. Herein, we significantly expand the scope of luminescent radicals by showing a new platform of carbon-centered radicals derived from N-heterocyclic carbenes that produce blue to green emissions (444–529 nm). Time-dependent density functional theory calculations and experimental investigations disclose that the fluorescence originates from the high-energy excited states to the ground state, demonstrating an anti-Kasha behavior. The present work provides an efficient and modular approach toward a library of carbon-centered radicals that feature anti-Kasha’s rule emission, rendering them as potential new emitters in the short-wavelength region. Organic radicals, which have unique doublet spin-configuration, provide an alternative method to overcome the efficiency limitation of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) but extending their fluorescence into a short-wavelength region remains challenging. Here, the authors significantly expand the scope of luminescent radicals by showing a new platform of carbon-centered radicals that produce blue to green emission.
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Persistent radicals are potential building blocks of novel materials in many fields. Recently, highly stable persistent radicals are considered to be within reach, thanks to several radical stabilization strategies such as spin delocalization and steric protection. N-Heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-derived substituents can be attached to a radical center for these purposes, as illustrated by numerous NHC-stabilized radicals reported in the last two decades.This Account describes our recent work on developing NHC-derived persistent radicals, as well as their prospective applications. Considering that NHCs not only stabilize radicals but also reversibly interact with gas molecules, in 2015 our group reported NHC-nitric oxide (NHC-NO) radicals produced by reversibly trapping nitric oxide (NO) radical gas in NHCs. The resultant compounds were loaded into biocompatible poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(caprolactone) (PEG-b-PCL) micelles and injected into tumor-bearing mice. Then, NO release was triggered by high-intensity focused ultrasound irradiation of the tumor tissue. Furthermore, the NHC-NO radicals could also serve as a platform to generate other organic radicals such as oxime ether or iminyl radicals. Apart from medicine-related applications, radicals stabilized by NHCs can be used as energy storage materials. In this context, the triazenyl radical containing two NHC units reported by our laboratory could be a cathode active material in batteries, as an organic alternative to LiCoO2. The subsequently prepared unsymmetrical triazenyl radical derivatives were applied as anolytes in nonaqueous all-organic redox flow batteries. In addition, a ferrocene-based redox flow battery anolyte was obtained by introducing NHC-derived substituents that effectively stabilize the ferrocenate derivatives previously reported only at low temperatures. The batteries containing NHC-supported radicals exhibited high energy efficiency and insignificant radical decomposition over multiple cycles. Finally, toward developing air-persistent organic radicals for flexible devices and MRI contrasting agents, we also highlight our recent air- and physiologically stable organic radicals derived from NHCs. Coordination of tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane to the NHC-NO radical produced a new radical cation that is stable in an organic solvent under air for several months. The readily accessible 1,2-dicarbonyl radical cations generated by the reaction of NHCs with oxalyl chloride are remarkably persistent even in an aqueous solution for several months. They are also highly stable even under physiological conditions, making them particularly attractive potential candidates for organic MRI contrast agents. We hope that this Account will serve as a guide for the future development of stable NHC-derived organic radicals and draw the attention of the synthetic community to their potential applications in material science.
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- Hayoung Song
- Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology. Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology. Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology. Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea
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He C, Si DH, Huang YB, Cao R. A CO2‐Masked Carbene Functionalized Covalent Organic Framework for Highly Efficient Carbon Dioxide Conversion. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202207478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Chang He
- Chinese Academy of Sciences Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter State key laboratory of structural chemistry CHINA
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter State key laboratory of structural chemistry CHINA
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter State key laboratory of structural chemistry CHINA
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry YangQiao street NO. 155Gulou District 350002 Fuzhou CHINA
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Zhou HP, Wu SX, Duan YC, Gao FW, Pan QQ, Kan YH, Su ZM. A theoretical study on the donor ability adjustment of tris(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)methyl-triarylamine (TTM-TPA) radicals aiming to develop better organic luminescent materials. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2nj01548j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Spin-unrestricted DFT and spin-unrestricted TDDFT calculations were performed to systematically investigate the correlation between the electron donating ability of donors and photophysical properties in D–A luminescent radicals.
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- Hai-Ping Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Storage and Energy Conversion of Hainan Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158, China
- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Jilin Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Center of Optical Materials and Chemistry, Changchun University of Science and Technology, 7989 Weixing Road, Changchun 130012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Storage and Energy Conversion of Hainan Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158, China
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- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Jilin Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Center of Optical Materials and Chemistry, Changchun University of Science and Technology, 7989 Weixing Road, Changchun 130012, China
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- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Jilin Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Center of Optical Materials and Chemistry, Changchun University of Science and Technology, 7989 Weixing Road, Changchun 130012, China
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- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Jilin Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Center of Optical Materials and Chemistry, Changchun University of Science and Technology, 7989 Weixing Road, Changchun 130012, China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Chemistry of Low-Dimensional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huaiyin Normal University, Huai'an 223300, China
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- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Jilin Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Center of Optical Materials and Chemistry, Changchun University of Science and Technology, 7989 Weixing Road, Changchun 130012, China
- Institute of Functional Material Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry & National & Local United Engineering Laboratory for Power Battery, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
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As an electron-rich species, radical anions have a wide range of applications in organic synthesis. In addition, aromaticity is an essential concept in chemistry that has attracted considerable attention from...
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Dang LL, Zhang TT, Chen T, Zhao Y, Zhao CC, Aznarez F, Sun KX, Ma LF. Coordination assembly and NIR photothermal conversion of Cp*Rh-based supramolecular topologies based on distinct conjugated systems. Org Chem Front 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2qo01107g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The selective synthesis and transformation of Borromean rings and [2]catenane, are presented based on linear/aromatic conjugated ligands through different stacking interactions, promoting nonradiative transitions and trigger photothermal conversion.
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- Li-Long Dang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Henan Province Function-Oriented Porous Materials Key Laboratory, Luoyang 471934, P. R. China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Henan Province Function-Oriented Porous Materials Key Laboratory, Luoyang 471934, P. R. China
- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Henan Province Function-Oriented Porous Materials Key Laboratory, Luoyang 471934, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Henan Province Function-Oriented Porous Materials Key Laboratory, Luoyang 471934, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Henan Province Function-Oriented Porous Materials Key Laboratory, Luoyang 471934, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Henan Province Function-Oriented Porous Materials Key Laboratory, Luoyang 471934, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Henan Province Function-Oriented Porous Materials Key Laboratory, Luoyang 471934, P. R. China
- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, P. R. China
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Théry V, Molton F, Sirach S, Tillet N, Pécaut J, Tomás-Mendivil E, Martin D. The curious case of a sterically crowded Stenhouse salt. Chem Sci 2022; 13:9755-9760. [PMID: 36091895 PMCID: PMC9400627 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc01895k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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We report a peculiar Stenhouse salt. It does not evolve into cyclopentenones upon basification, due to the steric hindrance of its bulky stable carbene patterns. This allowed for the observation and characterization of the transient open-chain neutral derivative, which was isolated as its cyclized form. The latter features an unusually long reactive C–O bond (150 pm) and a rich electrochemistry, including oxidation into an air-persistent radical cation. Bulky substituents of a Stenhouse salt prevent the usual formation of a cyclopentenone upon deprotonation. For the first time, a transient open-chain neutral derivative was observed; the cyclized form and an air-persistent radical were isolated.![]()
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, DCM Grenoble 38000 France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, DCM Grenoble 38000 France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, INAC-SyMMES, UMR 5819 Grenoble 38000 France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, DCM Grenoble 38000 France
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Wang Y, Chang JP, Xu R, Bai S, Wang D, Yang GP, Sun LY, Li P, Han YF. N-Heterocyclic carbenes and their precursors in functionalised porous materials. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:13559-13586. [PMID: 34783804 DOI: 10.1039/d1cs00296a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Though N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have emerged as diverse and powerful discrete functional molecules in pharmaceutics, nanotechnology, and catalysis over decades, the heterogenization of NHCs and their precursors for broader applications in porous materials, like metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), porous coordination polymers (PCPs), covalent-organic frameworks (COFs), porous organic polymers (POPs), and porous organometallic cages (POMCs) was not extensively studied until the last ten years. By de novo or post-synthetic modification (PSM) methods, myriads of NHCs and their precursors containing building blocks were designed and integrated into MOFs, PCPs, COFs, POPs and POMCs to form various structures and porosities. Functionalisation with NHCs and their precursors significantly expands the scope of the potential applications of porous materials by tuning the pore surface chemical/physical properties, providing active sites for binding guest molecules and substrates and realizing recyclability. In this review, we summarise and discuss the recent progress on the synthetic methods, structural features, and promising applications of NHCs and their precursors in functionalised porous materials. At the end, a brief perspective on the encouraging future prospects and challenges in this contemporary field is presented. This review will serve as a guide for researchers to design and synthesize more novel porous materials functionalised with NHCs and their precursors.
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- Yao Wang
- Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710127, P. R. China.
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- Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710127, P. R. China.
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- Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710127, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710127, P. R. China.
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- Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710127, P. R. China.
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Luo S, Qiu F, Shi H, Yu W. Design, Characterizations and Host‐Guest Properties of a New Metal‐Organic Cage Based on Half‐Sandwich Rhodium Moieties. ChemistrySelect 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202103116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Shi‐Ting Luo
- Analysis and Testing Central Facility Institutes of Molecular Engineering and Applied Chemistry Anhui University of Technology Ma'anshan 243002 P. R. China
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- Analysis and Testing Central Facility Institutes of Molecular Engineering and Applied Chemistry Anhui University of Technology Ma'anshan 243002 P. R. China
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- Analysis and Testing Central Facility Institutes of Molecular Engineering and Applied Chemistry Anhui University of Technology Ma'anshan 243002 P. R. China
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- Analysis and Testing Central Facility Institutes of Molecular Engineering and Applied Chemistry Anhui University of Technology Ma'anshan 243002 P. R. China
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