Isolation of a chiral anthracene cation radical: X-ray crystallography and computational interrogation of its racemization
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Chiral cation-radicals hold significant promise as charge-transfer materials, chiroptical switches, and catalysts for enantioselective synthesis. Herein we identify a chiral anthracene derivative that forms a robust cation-radical salt as established by X-ray crystallography and DFT calculations.