Synthesis of π-Extended Thiele’s and Chichibabin’s Hydrocarbons and Effect of the π-Congestion on Conformations and Electronic States

Synthesis, properties and chemical modification of a persistent triisopropylsilylethynyl substituted tri(9-anthryl)methyl radical

(2022) Tomohiko Nishiuchi et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Sterically Frustrated Aromatic Enes with Various Colors Originating from Multiple Folded and Twisted Conformations in Crystal Polymorphs**

(2022) Tomohiko Nishiuchi et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Fused Quinoidal Dithiophene‐Based Helicenes: Facile Synthesis via Intramolecular Radical‐Radical Coupling Reaction and Dynamics of Interconversion of Enantiomers

(2021) Guangwu Li et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Persistent peri ‐Heptacene: Synthesis and In Situ Characterization

(2021) M. R. Ajayakumar et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Biradicaloid Behavior of a Twisted Double Bond

(2021) Yosuke Hamamoto et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Syntheses and Properties of Open-Shell π-Conjugated Molecules

(2021) Takashi Kubo   BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN

Anthraquinodimethane Ring-Flip in Sterically Congested Alkenes: Isolation of Isomer and Elucidation of Intermediate through Experimental and Theoretical Approach

(2021) Yusuke Ishigaki et al.   BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN

Overcrowded Ethylene-Bridged Nanohoop Dimers: Regioselective Synthesis, Multiconfigurational Electronic States, and Global Hückel/Möbius Aromaticity

(2021) Ke Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Switching of Redox Properties Triggered by a Thermal Equilibrium between Closed-Shell Folded and Open-Shell Twisted Species

(2020) Yusuke Ishigaki et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Learning how to fine‐tune diradical properties by structure refinement

(2020) Justin J. Dressler et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Synthesis of Anthracene‐Based Cyclic π‐Clusters and Elucidation of their Properties Originating from Congested Aromatic Planes

(2020) Tomohiko Nishiuchi et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Do Diradicals Behave Like Radicals?

(2019) Thijs Stuyver et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Photo- and Thermal Interconversion of Multiconfigurational Strained Hydrocarbons Exhibiting Completely Switchable Oxidation to Stable Dicationic Dyes

(2019) Yusuke Ishigaki et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Switchable Conformational Isomerization of an Overcrowded Tristricyclic Aromatic Ene

(2019) Tomohiko Nishiuchi et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

From open-shell singlet diradicaloids to polyradicaloids

(2018) Tullimilli Y. Gopalakrishna et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Polymer Mechanochemistry: Manufacturing Is Now a Force to Be Reckoned With

(2018) Niamh Willis-Fox et al.   Chem

Synthesis and Properties of a Highly Congested Tri(9-anthryl)methyl Radical

(2018) Tomohiko Nishiuchi et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A Thermally Populated, Perpendicularly Twisted Alkene Triplet Diradical

(2016) Curt Wentrup et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Polymer Mechanochemistry: From Destructive to Productive

(2015) Jun Li et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

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

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

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

Network Reorganization of Dynamic Covalent Polymer Gels with Exchangeable Diarylbibenzofuranone at Ambient Temperature

(2014) Keiichi Imato et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Diradicals

(2013) Manabu Abe   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Covalent Mechanochemistry: Theoretical Concepts and Computational Tools with Applications to Molecular Nanomechanics

(2012) Jordi Ribas-Arino et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Stable Tetrabenzo-Chichibabin’s Hydrocarbons: Tunable Ground State and Unusual Transition between Their Closed-Shell and Open-Shell Resonance Forms

(2012) Zebing Zeng 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

Self-Healing of Chemical Gels Cross-Linked by Diarylbibenzofuranone-Based Trigger-Free Dynamic Covalent Bonds at Room Temperature

(2011) Keiichi Imato et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

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

From molecular mechanochemistry to stress-responsive materials

(2010) Ashley L. Black et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Synthesis, Self-Assembly, and Charge Transporting Property of Contorted Tetrabenzocoronenes

(2010) Xiaojie Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

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

Mechanically-Induced Chemical Changes in Polymeric Materials

(2009) Mary M. Caruso et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS