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New description of the substituent effect on electronic spectra by means of substituent constants—VI. Utraviolet spectra of 4-substituted pyridine N-oxides and blue shifted iodine bands of their EDA complexes with iodine

✍ Scribed by Bunji Uno; Kenji Kano; Naoki Kaida; Tanekazu Kubota


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1989
Tongue
English
Weight
466 KB
Volume
45
Category
Article
ISSN
1386-1425

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✦ Synopsis


Electronic spectra of 4-substituted pyridine N-oxides and their EDA complexes with iodine were studied. The substituent effect on the near u.v. tA~ intramolecular CT bands of the N-oxides and on the blue shifted iodine bands caused by CT complex formation are discussed in terms of a general equation, theoretically derived in order to describe the substituent effect on electronic spectra by means of substituent constants. The results are quite successful and supported by semi-empirical SCFMO-CI calculations. Based on the results mentioned above, the character of n-a type N-oxide --iodine CT complexes is also examined. The complex formation constants (log K) and pK, values of the N-oxides correlate especially well, indicating that the CT interaction mechanism cannot be neglected in proton addition reactions such as hydrogen bonding and pK, values.