Anion of aromatic hydrocarbons

In the presence of a proton source, the radical anion is protonated and further reduction occurs (the Birch reduction Part B, Section 5.5.1). In general, when no proton source is present, it is relatively difficult to add a second electron. Solutions of the radical anions of aromatic hydrocarbons can be maintained for relatively long periods in the absence of oxygen or protons. 

B. Reactions of Radical Anions of Aromatic Hydrocarbons with... 

The electrogenerated radical anions of aromatic hydrocarbons, e.g. DPA, rubrene, fluorene, can also act as reductants towards electro-chemically obtained radical cations which are derivatives of other aromatic compounds such as N,N-dimethyl-/>-phenylenediamine (Wurster s red) 150> (see Section VIII. B.). When a mixture of DPA and a halide such as 99 (DPACI2) or 100 is electrolysed, a bright chemiluminescence is observed the quantum yields are about two orders of magnitude higher than that of the DPA radical anion-radical cation reaction 153>. 

Light emission occurs during the reaction of numerous radical anions of aromatic hydrocarbons with radical cations such as Wurster s red 103, Wurster s blue 104 or radical cations derived from triarylamines of the type 105, 106. 

Photoinduced electron transfer between amines and aromatic hydrocarbons occurs to generate radical cations of amines and radical anions of aromatic hydrocarbons. Pac and Sakurai reported the photoaddition of N,N-dimethylaniline to anthracene via photoinduced electron transfer [60]. In benzene, the 4n + 4n) photocyclodimer of anthracene is produced as a sole isolable product, although an emission due to the exciplex formed from anthracene and JV,N-dimethylaniline is observed. In acetonitrile, the addition of dimethylaniline to anthracene occurs via their radical ions to give 9,10- dihydro-9-(4 -dimethylaminophenyl)anthracene as the major product. However, the photoamination on anthracene takes place even in benzene when iV-methylani-line is used as an electron donor. Sugimoto and his coworkers reported the intramolecular photoaddition of anilines to aromatic hydrocarbons to give cyclic amino compounds (Scheme 16) [61-63]. 

The photoreactions of aliphatic amines with aromatic hydrocarbons have also been reported by several groups. With tertiary amines, deprotonation occurs from the radical cations of amines at the a-carbon to generate carbon radicals which react with the radical anion of aromatic hydrocarbons. With secondary amines, deprotonation from the radical cations of amines occurs both at the a-carbon and at the nitrogen atom, so that the reaction becomes complicated [64-65]. 

Tazuke reported the carboxylation of the radical anions of aromatic hydrocarbons that are generated by photoinduced electron- transfer from the tertiary amines to the excited singlet aromatic hydrocarbons (Scheme 36) [119]. Toki and his coworkers reported the photofixation of COj with styrene using tertiary amines as electron donors [120]. Tomioka reported the photoaddition of tertiary amines to electrophilic cyclopropanes [115]. 

Indirect electrolysis using radical anions of aromatic hydrocarbons or Ni(acacen) as electron carrier has made it possible to determine the eP of some tosylamides in DMF and... 

Winkler et al. (1966) have obtained the spectra of the lithium salts of the radical-anions of aromatic hydrocarbons such as naphthalene and biphenyl by irradiating the corresponding hydrocarbon in the presence of phenyl-lithium this method has several advantages over others for generating hydrocarbon radical-anions, one being that studies may be made in a wide range of solvents. 

Figure 9. Plot of log ofLi+ salts of radical anions of aromatic hydrocarbons...

IV. Migrations of Aryl in Radical Anions of Aromatic Hydrocarbons and... 

MIGRATIONS OF ARYL IN RADICAL ANIONS OF AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS AND RELATED REACTIONS... 

The measurement of the electronic absorption spectra of the anions of aromatic hydrocarbons together with the interpretation given also contributed appreciably to a better understanding of the structure of the products of the reaction of alkali metals with hydrocarbons. The anions all give rise to a strong absorption in the visible range. On the basis of a quantum... 

Aromatic Radical Anions. Many aromatic hydrocarbons react with alkaU metals in polar aprotic solvents to form stable solutions of the corresponding radical anions as shown in equation 8 (3,20). These solutions can be analyzed by uv-visible spectroscopy and stored for further use. The unpaired electron is added to the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of the aromatic hydrocarbon and a... 

MO) with the protons in the nodal plane. The mechanism of coupling (discussed below) requires contact between the unpaired electron and the proton, an apparent impossibility for n electrons that have a nodal plane at the position of an attached proton. A third, pleasant, surprise was the ratio of the magnitudes of the two couplings, 5.01 G/1.79 G = 2.80. This ratio is remarkably close to the ratio of spin densities at the a and (3 positions, 2.62, predicted by simple Hiickel MO theory for an electron placed in the lowest unoccupied MO (LUMO) of naphthalene (see Table 2.1). This result led to Hiickel MO theory being used extensively in the semi-quantitative interpretation of ESR spectra of aromatic hydrocarbon anion and cation radicals. 

In complex organic molecules calculations of the geometry of excited states and hence predictions of chemiluminescent reactions are very difficult however, as is well known, in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons there are relatively small differences in the configurations of the ground state and the excited state. Moreover, the chemiluminescence produced by the reaction of aromatic hydrocarbon radical anions and radical cations is due to simple one-electron transfer reactions, especially in cases where both radical ions are derived from the same aromatic hydrocarbon, as in the reaction between 9.10-diphenyl anthracene radical cation and anion. More complex are radical ion chemiluminescence reactions involving radical ions of different parent compounds, such as the couple naphthalene radical anion/Wurster s blue (see Section VIII. B.). 

A. Weller and K. Zachariasse 157-160) thoroughly investigated this radical-ion reaction, starting from the observation that the fluorescence of aromatic hydrocarbons is quenched very efficiently by electron donors such as N,N diethylaniline which results in a new, red-shifted emission in nonpolar solvents This emission was ascribed to an excited charge-transfer complex 1(ArDD(H )), designated heteroexcimer, with a dipole moment of 10D. In polar solvents, however, quenching of aromatic hydrocarbon fluorescence by diethylaniline is not accompanied by hetero-excimer emission in this case the free radical anions Ar<7> and cations D were formed. 

However, ECL was not then studied in detail until 1963 [4, 5], At this time ECL from solutions of aromatic hydrocarbons was first recorded, and mechanisms involving electron transfer between electrically generated radical anions and cations were proposed. Between the mid-1960s and late 1980s there was considerable interest in the phenomenon of ECL. More than 60 publications in the literature focused almost solely on the mechanism of ECL reactions, identi-... 

The redox properties of cyclic polysilanes are interesting because they resemble those of aromatic hydrocarbons. For instance, cyclic polysilanes can be reduced to anion radicals or oxidized to cation radicals. ESR spectra for both the cation and anion radicals indicate that the unpaired electron is fully delocalized over the ring [17,19,20]. The aromatic properties of the cyclic polysilanes are ascribed to a high energy delocalized HOMO and a relatively low energy LUMO. Because the HOMO and LUMO levels lie at similar level to those of benzene, cyclic polysilanes can serve either as electron donors or electron acceptors. 

The reduction of organic halides in the presence of aromatic hydrocarbons, the subject of detailed kinetic studies, provide rate constants for the homogeneous ET [147-150] and the follow-up reaction [151]. The theoretical basis for this kind of experiment ( homogeneous redox catalysis ) was laid by Saveant s group in a series of papers during the years 1978-80 [152-157]. Homogeneous ET also plays an important role in the protonation of anion radicals [158]. 

Cathodic reduction of aromatic hydrocarbons gives 7T-radical anions, which are possible EGBs. However, the PBs normally have low solubilities in polar aprotic solvents, relatively low reduction potentials. 

The typical liquid clathrate is characterized by (a) a low viscosity relative to that of a neat ionic liquid, (b) immiscibility with excess aromatic solvents, and (c) non-stoichiometric compositions. The formation of air- and water-stable liquid clath-rates has been reported for the compositions consisting of aromatic hydrocarbons (e.g., benzene, toluene, and xylenes) and common salts of [AMIM] cation with the anions PF, [Tf2N] , BFJ, and Cl 91). 

Radical ion pairs also react by proton, atom, or group transfer. We illustrate proton transfer in reactions of aromatic hydrocarbons with tertiary amines. These reactions cause reduction or reductive coupling. In the reduction of naphthalene, the initial ET is followed by H" transfer from cation to anion, forming 67 paired with an aminoalkyl radical the pair combines to generate... 

Exciplex chemiluminescence has been observed by Weller and Zachariasse128 from the flow reactions of aromatic hydrocarbon anions M " and Wurster s Blue Cations Q +. Since the processes... 

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