<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kundu, Gargi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dash, Soumya Ranjan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kumar, Ravi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vanka, Kumar</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ghosh, Aryya</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sen, Sakya S.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Enhancing diradical character of chichibabin's hydrocarbon through fluoride substitution</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ChemPlusChem</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">C-F Bond Activation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chichibabin &amp; PRIME</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DFT</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">N-Heterocyclic carbene</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">s Hydrocarbon</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2023</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">AUG</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">88</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">e202300273</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;
	In this work, 5-SIDipp [SIDipp=1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-imidazolin-2-ylidene] (1) derived Chichibabin's hydrocarbon with an octafluorobiphenylene spacer (3) has been reported. The addition of two equivalents of 5-SIDipp with decafluorobiphenyl in presence of BF3 gives the double C-F bond activated imidazolium salt with two tetrafluoroborate anions, 2. Further reduction of 2 gives the fluorine substituted 5-SIDipp based Chichibabin's hydrocarbon, 3. Quantum chemical calculations suggested a singlet state of 3 with a singlet-triplet energy gap (?ES-T) of 3.7 kcal mol(-1), which is substantially lower with respect to the hydrogen substituted NHC-based Chichibabin's hydrocarbons (10.7 kcal mol(-1), B3LYP). As a result, the diradical character (y) of 3 (y=0.62) is also noticeably higher than the hydrogen substituted CHs (y=0.41-0.43). The ?ES-T was found to be higher in CASSCF (22.24 kcal mol(-1)) and CASPT2 (11.17 kcal mol(-1)) for 3 and the diradical character (d) is 44.6 %.&lt;/p&gt;
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