Aromatic compounds half-wave potentials

It is certain that, in the first reduction step in aprotic solvents, an electron is accepted by the LUMO of the organic compound. However, it was fortunate that this conclusion was deduced from studies that either ignored the influence of solvation energies or used the results in different solvents. Recently, Shalev and Evans [55] estimated the values of AG V(Q/Q ) for 22 substituted nitrobenzenes and nine quinones from the half-wave potentials measured by cyclic voltammetry. For quinones and some substituted nitrobenzenes, the values of AG V(Q/Q ) in a given solvent were almost independent of the EA values. Similar results had been observed for other aromatic hydrocarbons in AN (Section 8.3.2) [56]. If AG V(Q/ Q ) does not vary with EA, there should be a linear relation of unit slope between El/2 and EA. Shalev and Evans [55], moreover, obtained a near-linear relation between AG V(Q/Q ) and EA for some other substituted nitrobenzenes. Here again, the Ey2-EA relation should be linear, although the slope deviates from unity.8)... 

The value of 0 in a particular radical can be estimated by comparison of the experimental half-wave potential and HFSC with the results obtained from a series of HMO calculations using different assumed values of 0. A large number of phenyl-substituted aromatic compounds [62] and ethylenes [63] have been treated in this fashion. Similar evidence for the twisting of the nitro group in nitroaromatic anion radicals is summarized in Reference 1. Restricted rotation of alkyl substituents is also discussed in Reference 1, but this torsion does not significantly affect the electrochemical behavior. 

Figure 3.16. The Stern-Volmer constant as a function of the half-wave potential E /2 for the reactions with trivalent phosphorus compounds (o), aromatic amines ( ), aliphatic amines ( ), and alkoxybenzenes (A)- The solid broken line represents the diffusional (horizontal) and kinetic branches of Ko for the irreversible reaction, while the dotted line is k from Eq. (3.22). The dashed curve represents Ko for reversible reactions. (From Ref. 121.)...

However, under close examination this reaction was found to correspond to the simple case shown in Fig. 2 48 50 Sodium acetate-acetic acid has an anodic limit of about 2.0 V vs. SCE, whereas both anisole and naphthalene (and a large number of other substrates) have half-wave potentials far below this value. Controlled potential electrolysis (cpe) at low anode potentials showed that aryl acetates indeed were formed via discharge of the aromatic compound and not acetate ion. Another case in which the mechanism is clearly indicated by results from cpe is anodic acetamidation of alkylaromatics 1 and aliphatic compounds 44l... 

This peak potential also fits the linear correlation established between pola-rographic oxidation half-wave potentials for substituted aromatic compounds and their ionization potentials [161]. It should be noted that the radical cation of 66 may be either a 7r-delocalized or S,S 2c, 3e o species. Compound 67 shows a reversible first oxidation potential in acetonitrile with E1/2=0.87 V vs SCE [162]. Perylene derivative 68 exhibits a first oxidation peak in nitrobenzene at 0.65 V vs Ag/AgCl [163]. Because of the good thermal stability and high electrical conductivity of the radical cation of 68 [164], functionalized analogues have also been prepared and studied [165]. Poly(alkylthio)pyracyclene has been studied [166]. 

Electroreduction of nitro compounds is of considerable importance for electroorganic synthesis. Interesting catalytic effects were reported for the reduction of aromatic nitro compounds on Pt. Figure 11 shows that Ph, Tl, and Bi adlayers shift the half-wave potential positively by 100 to 300 mV. The catalytic effect was attributed to a change in the mechanism of the reduction of the nitro group from a catalytic hydrogenation on bare Pt to an electron-transfer mechanism on Pt/Mad, that is, a direct electron exchange between the nitro compound and the adatom-covered electrode surface, namely. 

Two waves arise with the indicated half-wave potentials. The wave height for the process P2 + Zb -> P3 occurring at the more negative potential will obviously depend on the rate at which electroactive P2 is generated from Pi, which is itself assumed to be electroinactive. Examples where this type of behavior arises are the reductions of a-substituted ketones, aromatic bicarbonyl compounds such as p-diacetylbenzene, terephthaldialdehyde and a,/8-unsaturated ketones. Restricting ourselves to one type of example discussed by Zuman, " the following is the scheme for reduction of an a-substituted... 

The rates of reduction of the aromatic compounds (Table I), appear to increase as AEg g and I decrease, in contrast with the behavior of k2. This trend is to be expected since k5 reflects the electron affinity which decreases when I and AEg g increase. The values of k5 also can be related to the polarographic half-wave potentials, Ei, of the aromatic hydrocarbons and the general trend is, of course, a decrease in k5 when Ei is more negative. 

For meta- and para-substituted aromatic carbonyl compounds, a linear relationship exists between the earbonyl absorption frequency and the Hammett reactivity constant. - - - A relationship between the carbonyl stretching vibration frequency of aromatic carbonyl compound and the pAT " of the corresponding aromatic carboxylic acid has been demonstrated. Correlations with other parameters, such as electronegativities,"" ionization potentials, Taft a values, half-wave potentials, etc., have also been made." For aromatic compounds with ortho- substituents, a combination of factors may be important, such as chelation, steric effects, and field effects (dipole interactions through space). 

We know that reduction potentials of arylsilanes are less negative than those of the corresponding aromatic compounds without silyl substituents (Sect. 2.2.1). The effect of silyl groups to facilitate the electron transfer to the neigbouring aromatic group is explained in terms of p interaction. For example, half wave reduction potentials of naphthylsilanes are less negative than that of... 

Half-wave Oxidation Potentials of Some Aromatic Compounds in SSEs Containing Lewis Acids"... 

The electron affinities of many of the molecules determined in the ECD or NIMS have been verified by half-wave reduction potentials and charge transfer complex data. These methods were developed in the 1960s but have been significantly improved. The relationship between the electronegativity and the electron affinities and ionization potentials for aromatic hydrocarbons can be used to support the Ea. The use of the ECD model and these techniques to estimate the electron affinities of aromatic hydrocarbons are illustrated for selected compounds. We will also describe the use of charge transfer complex data to obtain the electron affinities of acceptors. 

Fewer than 300 Ea for organic molecules have been determined in the gas phase. The majority of the Ea have been determined by the ECD and/or TCT methods. The direct capture magnetron, AMB, photon, and collisional ionization methods have produced fewer than 40 values. Only the Ea of p-benzoquinone, nitrobenzene, nitromethane, azulene, tetracene, and perylene have been determined by three or more methods. Excited-state Ea have been obtained by each of these methods. Half-wave reduction potentials have determined the electron affinities of 50 aromatic hydrocarbons. The electron affinities of another 50 organic compounds have been determined from half-wave reduction potentials and the energies of charge transfer complexes. It is a manageable task to evaluate these 300 to 400 Ea. 

In 1975 the anion of T was observed in a mass spectrometer, indicating a positive valence-state Ea for T. In 1990 the Ea of AGCUT were predicted using substitution, replacement, and conjugation effects [10-14], In order to estimate the Ea of substituted compounds, that of the parent compounds is required. In 1974 I. Nenner and G. J. Schulz estimated the AEa of quinoline (0.36 eV), pyradazine (0.40 eV), pyrimidine (0.00 eV), pyrazine (0.40 eV), and s-triazine (0.45 eV) from electron transmission spectra and half-wave reduction potentials [15]. No adiabatic electron affinities of aromatic nitrogen heterocyclic compounds were measured in the gas phase before 1989 [16]. 

Compounds with reducible functional groups predominate. Polyaromatic hydrocarbons, aromatic hydroxy compounds and amines, as well as amides and various nitrogen heterocyclic compounds can be determined anodically. These processes are in many cases pH dependent. Determinations based on redox processes are therefore carried out in buffered solutions. The composition and concentration of the buffer systems generally has no influence on the position of the half-wave or peak potentials. If its concentration is sufficiently high, the buffer simultaneously performs the function of the supporting electrolyte. 

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