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Richard T. Oakley

Researcher at University of Waterloo

Publications -  297
Citations -  7791

Richard T. Oakley is an academic researcher from University of Waterloo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Crystal structure & Radical. The author has an hindex of 49, co-authored 297 publications receiving 7325 citations. Previous affiliations of Richard T. Oakley include McMaster University & Kyushu Institute of Technology.

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Resonating Valence-Bond Ground State in a Phenalenyl-Based Neutral Radical Conductor

TL;DR: It is argued that these apparently contradictory properties of an organic material composed of neutral free radicals are best resolved in terms of the resonating valence-bond ground state originally suggested by Pauling, but with the modifications introduced by Anderson.
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Bistabilities in 1,3,2-dithiazolyl radicals.

TL;DR: A mechanism for the interconversion of the two phases of PDTA and related structures is proposed in which hysteretic behavior arises from cooperative effects associated with the breaking and making of a lattice-wide network of intermolecular S - - -N' and/or S- - -S' interactions.
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Preparation of N,N,N′-tris(trimethylsilyl)amidines; a convenient route to unsubstituted amidines

TL;DR: The tris(trimethylsilyl)amidines RC(NSiMe3)N(SiME3)2 (R  C6H5, p-CH3C6-H4, P-MeOC6H4 and p-Me2NC6H 4 as mentioned in this paper ) are prepared by the reaction of the respective nitriles with (Me3Si)2NLi·OEt2 in ether to give intermediates RC(NLi) N(SiMe3 )2.
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The first phenalenyl-based neutral radical molecular conductor

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report the preparation, crystallization, and solid-state characterization of a spiro-biphenalenyl radical and show that it is monomeric in the solid state.
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Two-Dimensional Structural Motif in Thienoacene Semiconductors: Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of Tetrathienoanthracene Isomers

TL;DR: Stille coupling of 2-and 3-thiophene derivatives with tetrabromobenzene followed by oxidative cyclization provides a simple, two-step synthetic route to two isomeric tetrathienoanthracene structures (13 and 14) as discussed by the authors.