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  • Title: Structure and property correlations in heavy atom radical conductors.
    Author: Leitch AA, Yu X, Winter SM, Secco RA, Dube PA, Oakley RT.
    Journal: J Am Chem Soc; 2009 May 27; 131(20):7112-25. PubMed ID: 19413327.
    Abstract:
    The synthesis and solid-state characterization of the resonance-stabilized heterocyclic thia/selenazyl radicals 1a-4a is described. While all the radicals crystallize in undimerized slipped pi-stacked arrays, the four crystal structures do not constitute an isomorphous set; crystals of 1a and 3a belong to the orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), while those of 2a and 4a belong to the monoclinic space group P2(1)/n. The origin of the structural dichotomy can be traced back to the packing of the radicals in the P2(1)/n structure, which maximizes intermolecular Se-Se' contacts. There are marked differences in the transport properties of the two groups. Variable temperature conductivity measurements reveal high, but activated, conductivity for the monoclinic pair (2a/4a), with sigma(298 K) > 10(-3) S cm(-1). The application of physical pressure increases the conductivity of both compounds, with sigma(298 K) at 5 GPa reaching 0.5 S cm(-1) for 2a and 2 S cm(-1) for 4a. Variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements indicate strong antiferromagnetic (AFM) coupling for the monoclinic pair 2a and 4a, the behavior of which has been modeled in terms of a molecular-field modified 1D Heisenberg chain of AFM coupled S = 1/2 centers. Extended Huckel theory band structure calculations and density functional theory first principles methods have been used to develop a qualitative understanding of the conductive and magnetic properties of radicals of the type 1-4 as a function of the degree and direction of slippage of the radical pi-stacks.
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