Abstract
Abstract Hydrocarbons with open-shell singlet and triplet ground states have long been studied. In contrast to studies of Kekulé hydrocarbons with an open-shell singlet ground state, studies of non-Kekulé and Kekulé hydrocarbons with a triplet ground state are quite limited, and no hydrocarbon with a triplet ground state has been isolated as single crystals. In this review, our work on the synthesis, isolation, and properties of m-quinodimethane-based non-Kekulé polycyclic hydrocarbon, a kinetically stabilized triangulene derivative, and Kekulé polycyclic hydrocarbon, a kinetically stabilized bisdibenzo[3,4:5,6]cyclohepta[1,2-a:2,1-d]benzene derivative, are described. Triplet ground states of these hydrocarbons were experimentally confirmed by ESR and magnetic measurements, and these are the first example of polycyclic hydrocarbons with a triplet ground state whose structures were characterized by X-ray crystal structural analysis. These studies will enable the development of various polycyclic hydrocarbon multi-radicals with high spin multiplicity.
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