@misc{10481/64380, year = {2019}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/64380}, abstract = {Chiroptical properties of two chiral atropisomers of propeller‐like trityl‐based radical derivatives have been analyzed. A new absolute configuration (AC) assignment has been made, according to the combination of experimental and theoretical data. In this sense, their ACs have been determined through the comparison of the Cotton effects recorded by electronic circular dichroism (ECD) with the theoretical ECD of the open shell structures obtained by TD‐DFT calculations. Finally, their circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) responses have been addressed. Remarkably, this is the first description of organic free radicals as intrinsic CPL emitters. Opposite signed CPL has been detected for each pair of conformers, with acceptable luminescent dissymmetry factors (|glum|≈0.5–0.8×10−3) considering their pure organic nature. In fact, highly efficient chiral emissions have been demonstrated, according to the comparison of |glum| with their respective absorption anisotropy factors (|gabs|). This pioneering study lays the foundations for the optimization of new magnetically active organic chiral emitters.}, organization = {The authors are grateful for the financial support received from: MOTHER (MAT2016-80826-R) granted by the DGI (Spain), GenCat (2017-SGR-918) financed by DGR (Catalunya) and the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, through the “Severo Ochoa” Programme for Centres of Excellence in R&D (SEV-2015-0496) and through the “Proyecto interdisciplinar de frontera“, FIP-2018 HECTIC-PTM. We acknowledge the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (ERC-2015-STG-677023). This study has been also supported by the Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), an initiative funded by the VI National R&D&I Plan 2008-2011, Iniciativa Ingenio 2010, Consolider Program, CIBER Actions and financed by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III with assistance from the European Regional Development Fund. P. M. B. gratefully acknowledges financial support from the Juan de la Cierva-Formación 2015 programme (FJCI-2015-23577) supported by MINECO. A. G. C. also thanks RyC-2013-12943 contract from MINECO. We also acknowledge Prof. O. Trapp for kindly suppling the DCxplorer software.}, keywords = {Organic radicals}, keywords = {Chirality}, keywords = {Chiroptical spectroscopies}, keywords = {Circularly polarized luminescence}, title = {Organic free radicals as circularly polarized luminescence}, doi = {10.1002/anie.201909398}, author = {González Campaña, Araceli and García Jiménez, Vicente}, }