Pure Appl. Chem., 2003, Vol. 75, No. 8, pp. 1041-1047
doi:10.1351/pac200375081041
Triplet carbenes: From fleeting existence to attractive molecular units*
H. Tomioka
Chemistry Department for Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Mie University, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
Abstract:
Attempts to stabilize the triplet state of carbenes to the extent that they can survive under normal conditions were made, in which triplet carbenes having a half-life of 19 min are realized. A way to use the resulting persistent carbene as a unit to construct photosensitive magnetic materials is also discussed.
*Lectures presented at the XIXth IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry, Budapest, Hungary, 1419 July 2002. Other presentations are published in this issue, pp.9991090.
All articles from the XIXth IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry, Budapest, Hungary, 14–19 July 2002.