Substituent effects in the one-electron reduction of anthraquinone derivatives

Autor: L. L. Gordienko, A. I. Brodskii
Rok vydání: 1967
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Zdroj: Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry. 1:294-296
ISSN: 1573-935X
0040-5760
DOI: 10.1007/bf00526346
Popis: Polarographic reduction against (C2H5)4NBr as background in dimenthyformamide has been applied to 17 anthraquinones with α- and Β-substituents. There are two pronounced half-waves, which correspond to two one-electron degrees of reduction, a semiquinone anion being formed as intermediate. An ESR signal is produced when this radical is formed by electrolysis with a cathode potential equal to E1/2. The observed E1/2 fit Hammett's equation closely. The relation E1/2 to donor-acceptor aspects of the substituents is discussed.
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