Pancake Bonds: pi-stacked dimers of organic and light-atom radicals

What is it about?

This article is a review. It catalogues a wide variety of organic radicals and main-group inorganic radicals (non-metal containing molecules) and shows the common propensity to crystallize as pi-stacked dimers. Computational approaches to the understanding of this type of bonding are discussed.

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Why is it important?

Although there are several fields of research interested in isolable paramagnetic molecules, there is often a lack of awareness regarding similarities across the fields. This article attempts to make it easy for researchers to recognize the similarities and differences across a diverse set of non-metal-containing paramagnetic species. It is intended to foster a cross-pollination of ideas and understanding regarding an unusual class of chemical bonding.