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Molecular Magnets: The Synthesis and Characterization of High‐Spin Nitrenes
Author(s) -
Chapyshev Sergei V.,
MendezVega Enrique,
Sander Wolfram
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.202002234
Subject(s) - nitrene , electron paramagnetic resonance , characterization (materials science) , spectroscopy , reactivity (psychology) , spin (aerodynamics) , magnetism , anisotropy , electronic structure , chemistry , materials science , nanotechnology , chemical physics , condensed matter physics , physics , nuclear magnetic resonance , computational chemistry , organic chemistry , optics , quantum mechanics , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , thermodynamics , catalysis
Among all C‐, N‐, and O‐centered polyradicals, high‐spin nitrenes possess the largest magnetic anisotropy and are of considerable interest as multi‐level molecular spin systems for exploration of organic molecular magnetism and quantum information processing. Although the first representatives of quintet and septet nitrenes were obtained almost 50 years ago, the experimental and theoretical studies of these highly reactive species became possible only recently, owing to new achievements in molecular spectroscopy and computational chemistry. Meanwhile, dozens of various quintet dinitrenes and septet trinitrenes were successfully characterized by IR, UV/Vis, and EPR spectroscopy, thus providing important information about the electronic structure, magnetic properties and reactivity of these compounds.