Curved aromaticity of a corannulene-based neutral radical: Crystal structure and 3D unbalanced delocalization of spin

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2035-2038

  Morita, Yasushi ^a,c   Ueda, Akira ^a   Nishida, Shinsuke ^b   Fukui, Kozo ^c   Ise, Tomoaki ^b   Shiomi, Daisuke ^b   Sato, Kazunobu ^b   Takui, Takeji ^b   Nakasuji, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromaticity; Density functional calculations; EPR spectroscopy; Radicals; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

POWDERS; SPIN DYNAMICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AROMATICITY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; EPR SPECTROSCOPY; RADICALS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 53549125539     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200704752     Document Type: Article

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