Abstract
AbstractChichibabin's and Müller's hydrocarbons are classical open‐shell singlet diradicaloids but they are highly reactive. Herein we report the successful synthesis of their respective stable analogues, OxR‐2 and OxR‐3, based on the newly developed oxindolyl radical. X‐ray crystallographic analysis on OxR‐2 reveals a planar quinoidal backbone similar to Chichibabin's hydrocarbon, in accordance with its small diradical character (y0=11.1 %) and large singlet–triplet gap (ΔES‐T=−10.8 kcal mol−1). Variable‐temperature NMR studies on OxR‐2 disclose a slow cis/trans isomerization process in solution through a diradical transition state, with a moderate energy barrier (ΔG≠298K=15–16 kcal mol−1). OxR‐3 exhibits a much larger diradical character (y0=80.6 %) and a smaller singlet–triplet gap (ΔES‐T=−3.5 kcal mol−1), and thus can be easily populated to paramagnetic triplet diradical. Our studies provide a new type of stable carbon‐centered monoradical and diradicaloid.
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