화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.120, No.29, 7168-7173, 1998
Syntheses and magnetic properties of stable organic triradicals with quartet ground states consisting of different nitroxide radicals
Bis[p-(1-oxyl-3-oxide-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazolin-2-yl)phenyl] nitroxide (3) was synthesized via desilylation of O-protected diradical followed by autoxidation. By deoxgenation of 3, p-(1-oxyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazolin-2-yl)phenyl-p-(1-oxyl-3-oxide-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazonlin-2-yl)phenyl nitroxide (4) and bis[p-(1-oxyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazolin-2-yl)phenyl] nitroxide (5) were prepared. X-ray analysis of a dark brown needle single crystal for 4 confirmed that 4 consisted of three different kinds of nitroxide radical centers, which showed three reversible redox waves at +0.42, +0.82, and +1.01 V (vs Ag/Ag+) in CH3CN solution. The temperature dependence of the molar magnetic susceptibilities for microcrystalline samples of triradicals 3-5 was measured by a SQUID susceptometer, showing the intramolecular ferromagnetic and intermolecular antiferromagnetic interactions. Experimental data were fitted to the equation derived from an asymmetric linear three-spin model (H = -2(J(12)S(1). S-2 + J(23)S(2). S-3)). The best fit parameters were J(12)/k(B) = J(23)/k(B) = 231 +/- 4 K for 3, J(12)/k(B) = 349 +/- 26 K, J(23)/k(B) = 130 +/- 3 K for 4, and J(12)/k(B) = J(23)/k(B) = 127 +/- 3 K for 5. Triradicals 3-5 thus have quartet ground states. These exchange coupling parameters are mutually compared in reference to their molecular structures.