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Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy of Radical Cations and Anions of Methylated Biphenylenes, Tetraphenylene, and Octa-β-methyltetraphenylene
Avila, David V.,Davies, Alwyn G.,Girbal, Maria L.,Ng, Kai M.
, p. 1693 - 1699 (2007/10/02)
Octa-β-methyltetraphenylene has been prepared in low yield by the thermolysis of tetra-β-methylbiphenylene.The radical cations and radical anions of tetra-α-methylbiphenylene, tetra-β-methylbiphenylene, and octamethylbiphenylene, and the radical cation of octa-β-methyltetraphenylene have been generated and their ESR spectra have been recorded and analysed.In trifluoroacetic acid containing mercury(II) trifluoroacetate, the tetra-α-methylbiphenylene radical cation undergoes mono- and dimercuriation.Tetra-β-methylbiphenylene in tetrahydrofuran in the presence of lithium apparently undergoes ringopening to give a radical anion derived from 2,2'-dilithiobiphenyl.The structures which these spectra imply, particularly the apparent distortion which has been reported in the tetraphenylene radical anion, are discussed.