Open-shell organic molecules with properties that can be modulated by external stimuli are of interest for spintronics applications. Now, an overcrowded alkene with open-shell tetraradical character has been synthesized in which the interaction between the π-conjugated subunits depends on the charge and spin state.
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Tobe, Y. An open-shell molecule that exhibits conformational dynamics. Nat. Chem. 15, 1490–1492 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-023-01350-7
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