The Lewis structure O = O does not accurately represent the diradical nature of molecular oxygen; molecular orbital theory must be used to adequately account for the unpaired electrons.
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The compound converts to benzene with a chemical half-life of approximately 10 days . This symmetry-forbidden transition is believed to take place through a diradical intermediate.
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In the presence of DNA, the benzyne diradical abstracts hydrogens from the deoxyribose sugar backbone, predominantly at the C-1, C-4 and C-5 positions.
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This is because the diradical species of normal O2 is quite stable, preventing spontaneous reactions while the superoxide is an unstable monoradical . . . " kinetically " more unstable.
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Remember that oxygen is a stabilised diradical ( under normal conditions ) and doesn't form its radical form ( singlet oxygen ) as its dominant form until above a certain temperature.
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The diradical mechanism has been supported by Homolysis of the weakest bond in azulene occurs, followed by a hydrogen shift and ring closure so as to retain the aromaticity of the molecule.
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You cannot draw a proper lewis structure for O 2 with a bond order of two and still have it be a diradical, but that's just a limitation of lewis structures.
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In one study a diradical resonance contribution for the compound depicted below was also linked to efficient TPA . The TPA wavelength for this compound is 1425 nanometer with observed TPA cross section of 424 GM.
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According to theoretical calculations, the first one, 1 ( 1.17 eV above ground ), is a closed shell diradical with flat geometry and fully degenerate threefold ( D 3h ) symmetry.
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If triplet dioxygen is a diradical which I believe it is, then each atom has only one electron pair and two unpaired elecrons, not just one ( according to a two bond order system ).
