Electronic stabilization effect of a spin-delocalized neutral radical: Synthesis of an 8-cyano-6-oxophenalenoxyl derivative and quantitative evaluation of the electronic spin structure in terms of resonance structures

Chemistry - An Asian Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1188-1196

  Nishida, Shinsuke ^a,b   Kariyazono, Kazuki ^a   Yamanaka, Azusa ^a   Fukui, Kozo ^a   Sato, Kazunobu ^b   Takui, Takeji ^b   Nakasuji, Kazuhiro ^a   Morita, Yasushi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

density functional calculations; EPR spectroscopy; radicals; resonance structures; valence bond methods

Indexed keywords

DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; EPR SPECTROSCOPY; RADICALS; RESONANCE STRUCTURE; VALENCE-BOND METHODS;

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MOLECULAR MODELING; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETISM; RESONANCE; STABILITY;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79955625908     PISSN: 18614728     EISSN: 1861471X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201000793     Document Type: Article

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