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Chemphyschem. 2001 Dec 17;2(12):754-60. doi: 10.1002/1439-7641(20011217)2:12<754::AID-CPHC754>3.0.CO;2-U.

Evidence for a transition between singlet and triplet states in the electrochemical reduction of 2,2'-4,4'-tetranitrobiphenyl.

Chemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry

I Gallardo, G Guirado, J Marquet, M Moreno

Affiliations

  1. Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain. [email protected]

PMID: 23686928 DOI: 10.1002/1439-7641(20011217)2:12<754::AID-CPHC754>3.0.CO;2-U

Abstract

Two different dianionic species, close in energy, result from the electroreduction of 2,2'-4,4'-tetranitrobiphenyl, 1. The first-formed species has biradical characteristics, such as a triplet EPR spectrum, but it slowly evolves to another EPR-silent species, essentially described as a quinoid form. DFT calculations also support the existence of two dianionic states of the dianion, singlet and triplet, differing by less than 10 kcal mol(-1) (in the gas phase); the quinoid singlet state is more stable.

© 2001 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH, Weinheim, Fed. Rep. of Germany.

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