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Charge‐transfer complex formations of tetracyanoquinone (cyanil) and aromatic electron donors
Author(s) -
Jalilov Almaz S.,
Lu Jianjiang,
Kochi Jay K.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of physical organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.325
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1395
pISSN - 0894-3230
DOI - 10.1002/poc.3485
Subject(s) - chemistry , electron acceptor , electron transfer , electron donor , charge (physics) , charge transfer complex , reagent , electron , molecule , acceptor , chemical physics , photochemistry , computational chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , physics , quantum mechanics , condensed matter physics
Single‐electron oxidants are the primary reagents for investigations of the new oxidants and the development of electron‐accepting materials for application in optoelectronics. Quinones are the well‐known class of the neutral single‐electron oxidants. Here, we present the properties of the strongest neutral electron acceptor of this class tetracyanoquinone (cyanil) and investigate its electron‐accepting strength by analyzing the charge‐transfer complex formations with the aromatic donor molecules. Charge‐transfer complexes of tetracyanoquinone with aromatic electron donors are characterized spectroscopically in solution and isolated as the single crystals. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.