Anionic Boron- and Carbon-Based Heteronuclear Diradicals and Frustrated-Spin Systems (B01)

• Subject Area: Organic Molecular Chemistry - Synthesis and Characterisation
• Term: since 2026
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 551403841

Project B01 “Anionic Boron- and Carbon-Based Heteronuclear Diradicals and Frustrated-Spin Systems” (Ravat, Holthausen & Lambert) targets the development of Kekulé and non-Kekulé diradicals with boron as a radical center, incorporated to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Such compounds shall endow conventional carbon-based diradical systems with enhanced stability, tunable electronic energy levels, and novel redox properties for functional-materials applications. Boron-containing open-shell PAHs will enrich the fundamental knowledge on electron-deficient diradicals and will be added to the toolbox of novel functional materials for optoelectronics.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1762: Boron as property-determining element
• Applicant Institution: Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Max C. Holthausen; Professor Dr. Christoph Lambert; Professor Dr. Prince Ravat, Ph.D.