title: The first bowl-shaped stable neutral radical with a corannulene system: synthesis and characterization of the electronic structure.
abstract: [structure: see text] A bowl-shaped neutral radical with a corannulene system has been designed and synthesized for the first time as a stable solid in air. An unequivocal characterization of the electronic properties of the radical shows that an appreciable amount of spin delocalization extends onto the corannulene unit's curved surface.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan. morita@chem.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: Shinsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: Tadahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Kozo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukui
authors.forename: Kazunobu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shiomi
authors.forename: Takeji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takui
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakasuji
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D004583:Electrons; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000737:chemistry; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; C434863:corannulene