Super-heptazethrene

Toward Tetraradicaloid: The Effect of Fusion Mode on Radical Character and Chemical Reactivity

(2016) Pan Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

On-surface synthesis of graphene nanoribbons with zigzag edge topology

(2016) Pascal Ruffieux et al.   NATURE

Zethrene and Dibenzozethrene: Masked Biradical Molecules?

(2015) Ya-Chu Hsieh et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Tetrabenzo[a,f,j,o]perylene: A Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon With An Open-Shell Singlet Biradical Ground State

(2015) Junzhi Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Non-alternant non-benzenoid kekulenes: the birth of a new kekulene family

(2015) Hirokazu Miyoshi et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Pro-aromatic and anti-aromatic π-conjugated molecules: an irresistible wish to be diradicals

(2015) Zebing Zeng et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Recent Progress in Quinoidal Singlet Biradical Molecules

(2015) Takashi Kubo   CHEMISTRY LETTERS

Push–Pull Type Oligo(N-annulated perylene)quinodimethanes: Chain Length and Solvent-Dependent Ground States and Physical Properties

(2015) Zebing Zeng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Zethrenes, Extended p-Quinodimethanes, and Periacenes with a Singlet Biradical Ground State

(2014) Zhe Sun et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Phenalenyl-Based Open-Shell Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

(2014) Takashi Kubo   CHEMICAL RECORD

Turning on the biradical state of tetracyano-perylene and quaterrylenequinodimethanes by incorporation of additional thiophene rings

(2014) Zebing Zeng et al.   Chemical Science

Tetracyanoquaterrylene and Tetracyanohexarylenequinodimethanes with Tunable Ground States and Strong Near-Infrared Absorption

(2013) Zebing Zeng et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Indeno[2,1-b]fluorene: A 20-π-Electron Hydrocarbon with Very Low-Energy Light Absorption

(2013) Akihiro Shimizu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Diradicals

(2013) Manabu Abe   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Pushing Extended p-Quinodimethanes to the Limit: Stable Tetracyano-oligo(N-annulated perylene)quinodimethanes with Tunable Ground States

(2013) Zebing Zeng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Dibenzoheptazethrene Isomers with Different Biradical Characters: An Exercise of Clar’s Aromatic Sextet Rule in Singlet Biradicaloids

(2013) Zhe Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis and Characterization of Quarteranthene: Elucidating the Characteristics of the Edge State of Graphene Nanoribbons at the Molecular Level

(2013) Akihito Konishi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Revisiting zethrene: synthesis, reactivity and semiconductor properties

(2013) Liang Shan et al.   Chemical Science

Aromaticity and π-bond covalency: prominent intermolecular covalent bonding interaction of a Kekulé hydrocarbon with very significant singlet biradical character

(2012) Akihiro Shimizu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Low band gap polycyclic hydrocarbons: from closed-shell near infrared dyes and semiconductors to open-shell radicals

(2012) Zhe Sun et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Kinetically Blocked Stable Heptazethrene and Octazethrene: Closed-Shell or Open-Shell in the Ground State?

(2012) Yuan Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Indeno[2,1-a]fluorene: An Air-Stable ortho-Quinodimethane Derivative

(2011) Akihiro Shimizu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Soluble and Stable Heptazethrenebis(dicarboximide) with a Singlet Open-Shell Ground State

(2011) Zhe Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Indeno[1,2-b]fluorenes: Fully Conjugated Antiaromatic Analogues of Acenes

(2010) Daniel T. Chase et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthesis, Structure, and Photophysical Properties of Dibenzo[de,mn]naphthacenes

(2010) Tsun-Cheng Wu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The Rylene Colorant Family-Tailored Nanoemitters for Photonics Research and Applications

(2010) Tanja Weil et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Biradicaloid and Polyenic Character of Quinoidal Oligothiophenes Revealed by the Presence of a Low-Lying Double-Exciton State

(2010) Simone Di Motta et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Synthesis and Characterization of Teranthene: A Singlet Biradical Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Having Kekulé Structures

(2010) Akihito Konishi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Alternating Covalent Bonding Interactions in a One-Dimensional Chain of a Phenalenyl-Based Singlet Biradical Molecule Having Kekulé Structures

(2010) Akihiro Shimizu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Soluble and Stable Zethrenebis(dicarboximide) and Its Quinone

(2010) Zhe Sun et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Resonance Balance Shift in Stacks of Delocalized Singlet Biradicals

(2009) Akihiro Shimizu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Tetradehydrodinaphtho[10]annulene: A Hitherto Unknown Dehydroannulene and a Viable Precursor to Stable Zethrene Derivatives

(2009) Rui Umeda et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS