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Bis-dibenzo[a.i]fluorenylidene, does it exist as stable 1,2-diradical?
J. Mol. Model. 18, 5089-5095 (2012)
The geometries, energies, and electronic properties of the two possible configurations of bis-[dibenzo[a.i]fluorenylidene] were investigated theoretically by density functional theory DFT B3LYP at the UB3LYP/6-311 + G(2d,p) // UB3LYP/6-31 + G(d,p) level of theory. According to the performed calculations, it was found that the singlet is 3.4 kcal mol(-1) lower in energy compared to triplet state at room temperature. This gap is compared with those of other alkenes like ethylene, (61.9 kcal mol(-1)) tetra-tert-butyethylene, (6.4 kcal mol(-1)) and bis-fluorenylidene (19.5 kcal mol(-1)). These results confirm the experimental findings of the paramagnetic properties determined by Franzen and Joschek. The low singlet-triplet gap in the case of bis-[dibenzo[a.i]fluorenylidene] is the result of a steric destabilization of the singlet due to strain and stabilization of the triplet electronic state by delocalization of each free electron within each aromatic moiety. This correlates with the special electronic structure of the triplet state of this compound, where facial interaction of two hydrogen atoms lying close to the lobes of each p-orbital occupied with a single electron at the distorted double bond in the triplet electronic state.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
Dft ; Singlet-triplet Gap ; Sterically Bulky Alkenes ; Twisted Alkenes
Language
english
Publication Year
2012
HGF-reported in Year
2012
ISSN (print) / ISBN
1610-2940
e-ISSN
0948-5023
Journal
Journal of Molecular Modeling
Quellenangaben
Volume: 18,
Issue: 12,
Pages: 5089-5095
Publisher
Springer
Reviewing status
Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
Research Unit BioGeoChemistry and Analytics (BGC)
POF-Topic(s)
30202 - Environmental Health
Research field(s)
Environmental Sciences
PSP Element(s)
G-504800-001
PubMed ID
22752541
Scopus ID
84870626585
Erfassungsdatum
2012-12-10