TY - JOUR
T1 - Synthesis and spectroscopic studies on charge-transfer molecular complexes formed in the reaction of imidazole and 1-benzylimidazole with σ- And π-acceptors
AU - Mostafa, Adel
AU - Bazzi, Hassan S.
PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - The spectrophotometric characteristics of the solid charge-transfer molecular complexes (CT) formed in the reaction of the electron donors imidazole (IML) and 1-benzylimidazole (BIML) with the σ-acceptor iodine and π-acceptors 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone (DDQ), tetracyanoethylene (TCNE) and 2,3,5,6-tetrachloro-1,4-benzoquinone (CHL) have been studied in chloroform at 25 °C. These were investigated through electronic and infrared spectra as well as elemental analysis. The results show that the formed solid CT-complexes have the formulas [(IML) 2 I]I 3, [(IML)(DDQ)], [(IML) 2(TCNE) 5] and [(IML)(CHL)] for imidazole and [(BIML) I]I 3, [(BIML)(DDQ) 2], [(BIML)(TCNE) 2] and [(BIML)(CHL) 2] for 1-benzylimidazole in full agreement with the known reaction stoichiometries in solution as well as the elemental measurements. The formation constant K CT, molar extinction coefficient ε CT, free energy change ΔG 0, CT energy E CT and ionization potential Ip have been calculated for the CT-complexes [(IML) 2 I]I 3, [(IML)(DDQ)], [(IML)(CHL)], [(BIML) I]I 3, [(BIML)(DDQ) 2], [(BIML)(TCNE) 2] and [(BIML)(CHL) 2].
AB - The spectrophotometric characteristics of the solid charge-transfer molecular complexes (CT) formed in the reaction of the electron donors imidazole (IML) and 1-benzylimidazole (BIML) with the σ-acceptor iodine and π-acceptors 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone (DDQ), tetracyanoethylene (TCNE) and 2,3,5,6-tetrachloro-1,4-benzoquinone (CHL) have been studied in chloroform at 25 °C. These were investigated through electronic and infrared spectra as well as elemental analysis. The results show that the formed solid CT-complexes have the formulas [(IML) 2 I]I 3, [(IML)(DDQ)], [(IML) 2(TCNE) 5] and [(IML)(CHL)] for imidazole and [(BIML) I]I 3, [(BIML)(DDQ) 2], [(BIML)(TCNE) 2] and [(BIML)(CHL) 2] for 1-benzylimidazole in full agreement with the known reaction stoichiometries in solution as well as the elemental measurements. The formation constant K CT, molar extinction coefficient ε CT, free energy change ΔG 0, CT energy E CT and ionization potential Ip have been calculated for the CT-complexes [(IML) 2 I]I 3, [(IML)(DDQ)], [(IML)(CHL)], [(BIML) I]I 3, [(BIML)(DDQ) 2], [(BIML)(TCNE) 2] and [(BIML)(CHL) 2].
KW - 1-Benzylimidazole
KW - CHL
KW - DDQ
KW - Imidazole
KW - Iodine
KW - TCNE
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79960285666&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.saa.2011.05.021
DO - 10.1016/j.saa.2011.05.021
M3 - Article
C2 - 21715216
AN - SCOPUS:79960285666
SN - 1386-1425
VL - 79
SP - 1613
EP - 1620
JO - Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
JF - Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
IS - 5
ER -