Frontispiece: Molecular Magnets: The Synthesis and Characterization of High‐Spin Nitrenes. Issue 4 (18th January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chapyshev, Sergei V.; Mendez‐Vega, Enrique; Sander, Wolfram
• Is Part Of: Chemistry. Volume 27:Issue 4(2021)
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• Publication Date: 2021-01-18
• Subjects: EPR spectroscopy -- matrix isolation -- magnetism -- nitrenes -- radicals; Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/chem.202180462
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0947-6539

Abstract

Abstract : The chemistry of high‐spin nitrenes is a relatively new research field aimed at designing tunable organic molecules in which spin populations on the Zeeman levels may greatly vary, depending on the external magnetic field and temperature. Despite the fact that first reports on EPR spectra of quintet dinitrene 1 and septet trinitrene 2 were published 50 years ago, only recently, progress in molecular spectroscopy and computational methods opened the way to comprehensive experimental and theoretical studies of these fascinating molecules containing several monovalent nitrogen atoms and large numbers of unpaired electrons. Such compounds have potential to be used in the future of molecular electronics such as quantum computers. The synthesis, spectroscopy, magnetic properties, and electronic structure of these paramagnetic species is discussed in the Minireview by S. V. Chapyshev, E. Mendez‐Vega, and W. Sander on page 1258 ff.