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Pancake-Bonding of Semiquinone Radicals under Variable Temperature and Pressure Conditions Full article

Journal Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials
ISSN: 2052-5192 , E-ISSN: 2052-5206
Output data Year: 2020, Volume: B76, Number: 2, Pages: 285-291 Pages count : 7 DOI: 10.1107/s2052520620002772
Tags multicentric two-electron bonding; pancake bonding; semiquinone radicals; high pressure; low temperature
Authors Bogdanov Nikita E. 1,2 , Milašinović Valentina 3 , Zakharov Boris A. 1,2 , Boldyreva Elena V. 1,2 , Molčanov Krešimir 3
Affiliations
1 Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS
2 Novosibirsk State University
3 Ruder Bosˇkovic´ Institute

Funding (2)

1 Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation 0239-2019-0003
2 Ministry of Science and Education of the Croatia IP-2019-04-4674

Abstract: The effects of temperature (100–370 K) and pressure (0–6 GPa) on the non-localized two-electron multicentric covalent bonds (`pancake bonding') in closely bound radical dimers were studied using single-crystal X-ray diffraction on a 4-cyano-N-methyl­pyridinium salt of 5,6-di­chloro-2,3-di­cyano­semi­quinone radical anion (DDQ) as the sample compound. On cooling, the anisotropic structural compression was accompanied by continuous changes in molecular stacking; the discontinuities in the changes in volume and b and c cell parameters suggest that a phase transition occurs between 210 and 240 K. At a pressure of 2.55 GPa, distances between radical dimers shortened to 2.9 Å, which corresponds to distances observed in extended π-bonded polymers. Increasing pressure further to 6 GPa reduced the interplanar separation of the radicals to 2.75 Å. This may indicate that the covalent component of the interaction significantly increased, in accordance with the results of DFT calculations reported elsewhere [Molčanov et al. (2019), Cryst. Growth Des. 19, 391–402].
Cite: Bogdanov N.E. , Milašinović V. , Zakharov B.A. , Boldyreva E.V. , Molčanov K.
Pancake-Bonding of Semiquinone Radicals under Variable Temperature and Pressure Conditions
Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials. 2020. V.B76. N2. P.285-291. DOI: 10.1107/s2052520620002772 WOS Scopus РИНЦ OpenAlex AN PMID
Dates:
Submitted: Jan 3, 2020
Accepted: Feb 27, 2020
Published online: Mar 24, 2020
Published print: Apr 1, 2020
Identifiers:
≡ Web of science: WOS:000525346200014
≡ Scopus: 2-s2.0-85083077991
≡ Elibrary: 43269355
≡ OpenAlex: W3013293632
≡ Chemical Abstracts: 2020:648283
≡ PMID: 32831231
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