Reversible Structural and Electronic Changes of a Pyrrole-Fused Aza-Nanographene (fOPA) upon Oxidation (IMAGE)

Ehime University

Reversible Structural and Electronic Changes of a Pyrrole-Fused Aza-Nanographene (fOPA) upon Oxidation

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A pyrrole-fused aza-nanographene (fOPA) adopts a curved ladder-shaped structure and reversibly transforms from an open-shell diradical to a globally aromatic closed-shell state upon oxidation.

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