Studies in the Cycloproparene Series. The Formation of Charge-Transfer Complexes from 1-Aryl- and 1-Diarylmethylidene-1H-cyclopropa[b]naphthalenes

Brian Halton; Jarrod M. Ward

doi:10.1071/CH04233

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Studies in the Cycloproparene Series. The Formation of Charge-Transfer Complexes from 1-Aryl- and 1-Diarylmethylidene-1H-cyclopropa[b]naphthalenes

Brian Halton ^A ^B and Jarrod M. Ward ^A

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^A School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.

^B Corresponding author. Email: brian.halton@vuw.ac.nz

Australian Journal of Chemistry 58(2) 137-142 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH04233
Submitted: 5 October 2004 Accepted: 17 December 2004 Published: 21 February 2005

Abstract

The only charge-transfer (CT) complex formed from (p-dimethylaminophenyl)methylidene-1H-cyclopropa[b]naphthalene 7a is with 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone (DDQ) 1 in acetonitrile. The methoxy-, thiomethyl-, and unsubstituted-phenyl analogues 7b–7d complex only with 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-7,7,8,8-tetracyano-1,4-benzoquinodimethane (TCNQF₄) 2, and then only in dichloromethane; TCNQ 3, TCNE 4, and the o-CA 5 and p-CA 6 are without effect on any of 7a–7j. In contrast, the bis(dimethylaminophenyl)methylidene homologue 9a complexes with each of 1–5 but is the only diaryl derivative to do so. The polar parent, 1H-cyclopropa[b]naphthalene, does not form a CT complex with any of the acceptors employed.

Acknowledgment

We are grateful to Victoria University for financial support of this work.

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Studies in the Cycloproparene Series. The Formation of Charge-Transfer Complexes from 1-Aryl- and 1-Diarylmethylidene-1H-cyclopropa[b]naphthalenes

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