Electron Transfer within Charge-Localized Arylhydrazine-Centered Mixed Valence Radical Cations Having Larger Bridges

Kinetics for intramolecular charge transfer between two diarylhydrazine units, measured by ESR, are reported for six charge-localized mixed valence compounds having 9, 11, 13, and 16 bonds between the nitrogen atoms. A 17-bond bridged compound had too slow electron transfer to measure the rate const...

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Published in:The journal of physical chemistry. A, Molecules, spectroscopy, kinetics, environment, & general theory Molecules, spectroscopy, kinetics, environment, & general theory, 2009-05, Vol.113 (19), p.5577-5584
Main Authors: Nelsen, Stephen F, Schultz, Kevin P
Format: Article
Language:English
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A: Kinetics, Spectroscopy
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Summary:Kinetics for intramolecular charge transfer between two diarylhydrazine units, measured by ESR, are reported for six charge-localized mixed valence compounds having 9, 11, 13, and 16 bonds between the nitrogen atoms. A 17-bond bridged compound had too slow electron transfer to measure the rate constant by ESR. The optical spectra of these radical cations are compared with tert-butyl,aryl-substituted hydrazines, and rate constants calculated using parameters derived from the optical spectra are compared with the experimental values where possible. The charge-transfer band overlapped too badly with bridge-centered absorption for the 16-bond bridged compound to allow the comparison to be made. The 13-bond bridged compound gave worse agreement than the other compounds. Its optical rate constant was about 5.4 times the ESR rate constant at a temperature between the ranges in which the data were collected.
ISSN:1089-5639
1520-5215
DOI:10.1021/jp811433p