1,3-Diphenyl-7-trifluoromethyl-1,4-dihydro-1,2,4-benzotriazin-4-yl (4), prepared in high yield via the catalytic oxidation of the corresponding amidrazone 5 by using Pd/C (1.6 mol %) and 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (0.1 equiv) in air, is stable in dichloromethane solutions in the presence of MnO(2) and KMnO(4). Furthermore, radical 4 is thermally stable well past its melting point (160-161 °C) with a decomposition onset temperature of 288 °C. X-ray studies show that radical 4 packs in equidistant slipped π-stacks along the a axis. Cyclic voltammetry shows two fully reversible waves, corresponding to the -1/0, 0/+1 processes. EPR studies indicate that the spin density is mainly delocalized on the triazinyl fragment of the heterocycle. Magnetic susceptibility measurements in the 5-300 K region showed that the radical obeys Curie-Weiss behavior down to 10 K (C = 0.376 emu·K·mol(-1) and θ = +1.41 K) consistent with weak ferromagnetic interactions between S = 1/2 radicals. Subsequent fitting of the magnetic data to a 1D ferromagnetic chain model provided an excellent fit (g = 2.00, J/k = +1.49 K) down to 10 K but failed to reproduce the subsequent decrease in χT at lower temperatures, which has been ascribed to the onset of weaker antiferromagnetic interactions between ferromagnetic chains.
A two-step route to 1,3-disubstituted benzo- and pyrido-fused 1,2,4-triazinyl radicals is presented. The route involves the N'-(2-nitroarylation) of easily prepared N'-(het)arylhydrazides via nucleophilic aromatic substitution of 1-halo-2-nitroarenes, which in most cases gives N'-(het)aryl-N'-[2-nitro(het)aryl]hydrazides in good yields. Mild reduction of the nitro group followed by an acid-mediated cyclodehydration gives the fused triazines, which upon alkali treatment afford the desired radicals. Fifteen examples of radicals are presented bearing a range of substituents at N-1, C-3, and C-7, including the pyrid-2-yl and 8-aza analogues. This route to the N'-(het)aryl-N'-[2-nitro(het)aryl]hydrazides, which works well with benzo- and picolinohydrazides, required a modification for aceto- and trifluoroacetohydrazides that involved a multistep synthesis of asymmetrically 1,1-diaryl-substituted hydrazines.
1-Phenyl-3-trifluoromethyl-1,4-dihydrobenzo[e][1,2,4]triazin-4-yl is the first example of a hydrazyl radical that shows a reversible sharp spin transition fully completed within 5(1) K. The nominally first-order transition takes place at ca. 58(2) K and proceeds via subtle changes of intra- and interstack interactions between two similar structural phases. The low-temperature phase (5-60 K) is diamagnetic and has a singlet ground state (2Jexp = -166.8 cm(-1), gsolid = 2.0042, ρ = 0.2%) stemming from a multicenter two-electron interaction. The high-temperature phase (60-300 K) is paramagnetic as a result of noninteracting S = 1/2 spins arising from weakly bound dimers.
Unrestricted density functional calculations in combination with the broken-symmetry approach and spin-projection methods have been employed to study a series of formally 4n pi antiaromatic linear and angular polyheteroacenes. Calculations show that the linear polyheteroacene molecules have either stable singlet zwitterionic 6-9 or singlet diradical 5 ground states because they sacrifice the aromaticity of the central arene to form two independent cyanines. The corresponding angular compounds 10-14 have robust triplet states, since they cannot create independent cyanines to escape their overall antiaromaticity. An analysis based on the SOMO-SOMO energy splittings, their spatial distributions, and the spin density populations for the triplet states is presented to clarify the factors that determine their ground state multiplicities.
The pyren-1'-yl-functionalized dithiadiazolyl (DTDA) radical, CHCNSSN (1), is monomeric in solution and exhibits fluorescence in the deep-blue region of the visible spectrum (440 nm) upon excitation at 241 nm. The salt [1][GaCl] exhibits similar emission, reflecting the largely spectator nature of the radical in the fluorescence process, although the presence of the radical leads to a modest quenching of emission (Φ = 98% for 1 and 50% for 1) through enhancement of non-radiative decay processes. Time-dependent density functional theory studies on 1 coupled with the similar emission profiles of both 1 and 1 are consistent with the initial excitation being of predominantly pyrene π-π* character. Spectroscopic studies indicate stabilization of the excited state in polar media, with the fluorescence lifetime for 1 (τ = 5 ns) indicative of a short-lived excited state. Comparative studies between the energies of the frontier orbitals of pyren-1'-yl nitronyl nitroxide (2, which is not fluorescent) and 1 reveal that the energy mismatch and poor spatial overlap between the DTDA radical SOMO and the pyrene π manifold in 1 efficiently inhibit the non-radiative electron-electron exchange relaxation pathway previously described for 2. Solid-state films of both 1 and [1][GaCl] exhibit broad emission bands at 509 and 545 nm, respectively. Incorporation of 1 within a host matrix for OLED fabrication revealed electroluminescence, with CIE coordinates of (0.205, 0.280) corresponding to a sky-blue emission. The brightness of the device reached 1934 cd/m at an applied voltage of 16 V. The crystal structure of 1 reveals a distorted π-stacked motif with almost regular distances between the pyrene rings but alternating long-short contacts between DTDA radicals. Solid state measurements on a thin film of 1 reveal emission occurs at shorter wavelengths (375 nm) whereas conductivity measurements on a single crystal of 1 show a photoconducting response at longer wavelength excitation (455 nm).
A simple, one-pot method for the preparation of 1-aryl-3-phenyl-1,4-dihydrobenzo[e][1,2,4]triazin-4-yl radicals by addition of aryllithium to the readily available 3-phenylbenzo[e][1,2,4]triazine followed by aerial oxidation is described. The intermediate anion is also trapped as an N-benzyloxycarbonyl derivative and purified prior to deprotection and oxidation to the radical. The method was demonstrated for nine (het)arenes, and the regioselectivity of nucleophilic addition to the benzo[e][1,2,4]triazine and trapping of the intermediate anion with electrophiles was assessed computationally.
Two planarized analogues of the prototypical Blatter radical (1), peri-annulated 1S and 1O , are demonstrated and provide a new platform for molecular and supramolecular engineering, and for tuning electronic and magnetic properties of the radical. Planarization of 1 results in bathochromic shift to the near-IR region, greater spin delocalization, and anodic shift of the reduction potential only for 1S . Magnetization studies revealed nearly ideal paramagnetic behavior at high temperatures for both radicals 1S and 1O with one-dimensional ferromagnetic interaction in the former (2J=14.4 cm(-1) ) and antiferromagnetic interactions in 1O at low temperatures.
7-(Fur-2-yl)benzotriazinyl 1 is the first example of a hydrazyl radical dimer with a thermally accessible triplet state. The triplet exciton (|D| = 0.018 cm(-1), |E| = 0.001 cm(-1)) was observed by solid-state VT-EPR spectroscopy between 5 and 140 K. VT crystallography, DFT calculations and magnetic susceptibility studies reveal a strong temperature dependence of the intra-dimer exchange interaction with J/k ~ -254 + 0.0007T(2).
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