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The Radical Cations of 4,5,7,13,15,16-Hexamethyl- and 4,5,7,8,12,13,15,16-Octamethyl [2.2]paracyclophane

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Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1982
Tongue
German
Weight
307 KB
Volume
65
Category
Article
ISSN
0018-019X

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Abstract

4,5,7,13,15,16‐Hexamethyl‐ (3) and 4,5,7,8,12,13,15,16‐octamethyl[2.2]paracyclophane (4) have been oxidized to their radical cations in solution under relatively mild conditions. Substantial hyperfine splittings in the ESR. spectra of 3βŠ•. and 4βŠ•. arise from the methyl protons, whereas those from methylene protons are very small. This result indicates that the ethano bridges, unlike the methyl substituents, are rather ineffective in delocalizing the positive charge in 3βŠ•. and 4βŠ•. It is in line with the interpretation proposed previously to rationalize the gas‐phase ionization potentials of multiply bridged [2~N~]cyclophanes and methyl derivatives of [2.2]paracyclophane. The π‐spin distributions in 3βŠ•. and 4βŠ•. are discussed in terms of a simple model in which the singly occupied orbitals are represented as the antibonding combinations of two benzene HOMO's.


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