Imaging Science and Photochemistry ›› 1997, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (3): 204-209.DOI: 10.7517/j.issn.1674-0475.1997.03.204

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CHARGE TRANSFER COMPLEXATION OF SUBSTITUTED PHENOLS AND THEIR PHENOXIDES WITH TETRACYANOETHYLENE

WEI Chunmei, GU Caixia, YING Boning   

  1. Department of Chemistry, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China
  • Received:1996-10-14 Revised:1997-04-18 Online:1997-08-20 Published:1997-08-20

Abstract: The interaction of phenols and their potassium salts as electron donor with electron acceptor tetracyanoethylene (TCNE) led to the formation of the charge transfer (CT) complexes in CH3CN. The CT spectra were measured by visible or/and ultraviolet spectrometry and ionization potential of the donor was calculated by comparison method. The results showed that 4 cyanophenol did not form CT complex with TCNE. Phenoxides were better donors than corresponding phenols. Linear relations were found between the hvCT of complexes of phenols with TCNE and Hammett substituent constant σ.

Key words: charge transfer complex, ionization potential, phenols, phenoxides, tetracyanoethylene