The Radical Cations of 4,5,7,13,15,16-Hexamethyl- and 4,5,7,8,12,13,15,16-Octamethyl [2.2]paracyclophane
β Scribed by Fabian Gerson; Javier Lopez; Henning Hopf
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 307 KB
- Volume
- 65
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0018-019X
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
4,5,7,13,15,16βHexamethylβ (3) and 4,5,7,8,12,13,15,16βoctamethyl[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 3β. and 4β. 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 3β. and 4β. It is in line with the interpretation proposed previously to rationalize the gasβphase ionization potentials of multiply bridged [2~N~]cyclophanes and methyl derivatives of [2.2]paracyclophane. The Οβspin distributions in 3β. and 4β. 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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## Abstract The molecular structures of the title compounds 3 and 5 were investigated by NMR and Xβray structural methods. The NMR results suggest two equivalent halves for both molecules. The Xβray study shows an approximate mirror plane for 3 and an approximate twofold axis for a significant port