Abstract

Reported herein is the structure and the electronic properties of a novel triphenylamine derivative having two phenoxy radicals appended to the amino nitrogen atom. X-ray single crystal analysis and the magnetic resonance measurements demonstrates the unexpected closed-shell electronic structure, even at room temperature, of the molecule and two unusual C-N bonds with multiple-bond character. The theoretical calculations support the experimentally determined molecular geometry with the closed-shell electronic structure, and predicted a small HOMO-LUMO gap originating from the nonbonding character of the HOMO. The optical and electrochemical measurements show that the molecule has a remarkably small HOMO-LUMO gap compared with its triphenylamine precursor.

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