Insights into the recombination of radical pairs in hexaarylbiimidazoles

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Jul 4;49(52):5841-3. doi: 10.1039/c3cc43037e. Epub 2013 May 23.

Abstract

The (13)C NMR characterization of the 2,2'- and the 4,4'-hexaarylbiimidazoles is reported for the first time as resulting from the recombination of the radical pairs produced upon irradiation of the 1,2'-dimer, without any isolation processes, directly in a 500 MHz NMR spectrometer coupled with in situ laser irradiation.