Diradical

Diradical
Not to be confused with biradical.

A diradical in organic chemistry is a molecular species with two electrons occupying two degenerate molecular orbitals (MO).[1][2] They are known by their higher reactivities and shorter lifetimes. In a broader definition diradicals are even-electron molecules that have one bond less than the number permitted by the standard rules of valence.[3][4] The electrons can pair up with opposite spin in one MO leaving the other empty. This is called a singlet state. Alternatively each electron can occupy one MO with spins parallel to each other. This is called a triplet state. The related radical has just one free electron. The phrases singlet and triplet are derived from the appearance of diradicals in electron spin resonance: a singlet diradical displays a single peak in its spectrum and a triplet has its peak split into a central peak with two adjacent peaks.

The triplet state has total spin quantum number S = 1 and is paramagnetic.[5] The singlet state has S = 0 and is diamagnetic. The degeneracy of each state can be found with Hund's rule of maximum multiplicity: 2S + 1.

In molecules the free electrons can reside on one atom or on different atoms. A molecule can have a singlet state or triplet state with different energy and both states can inter-convert by a process called intersystem crossing. Phosphorescence is based on this principle.

Discrete molecules with a diradical nature are singlet oxygen and triplet oxygen. Other important diradicals are carbenes and nitrenes. Lesser known diradicals are nitrenium ions and organic so-called non-Kekulé molecules in which the electrons reside on different carbon atoms.

External links

  • Diradicals @ www.meta-synthesis.com Link

References

  1. ^ Gold Book definition diradicals PDF
  2. ^ The triplet state. Turro, Nicholas J. J. Chem. Educ. 1969, 46, 2.
  3. ^ S. Pedersen; J. L. Herek ; A. H. Zewail, Science 1994, 266, 1359
  4. ^ A. H. Zewail, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2000, 39, 2586
  5. ^ Gold Book definition triplet state PDF

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