Nitrogen analogues of Thiele's hydrocarbon

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1634-1637

  Su, Yuanting ^a   Wang, Xingyong ^a   Li, Yuantao ^a   Song, You ^a   Sui, Yunxia ^b   Wang, Xinping ^a  

^a Center for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology of Microstructures   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diradicals; EPR spectroscopy; Singlet state; Triplet state; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GROUND STATE; HYDROCARBONS; NITROGEN;

DIRADICALS; EPR SPECTROSCOPY; SINGLET STATE; TRIPLET STATE; X-RAY STRUCTURE;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 85027922668     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201410256     Document Type: Article

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