Cyclic voltammetry and theoretical calculations of silyl-substituted 1,4-benzoquinones |
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Authors: | Shinobu Tsutsui Kenkichi Sakamoto Hiroto Yoshida |
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Institution: | a Photodynamics Research Center, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), 519-1399 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-0845, Japan b Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan c Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan |
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Abstract: | Cyclic voltammograms of 2,3,5,6-tetrakis(trimethylsilyl)-1,4-benzoquinone (1a), 2,3,5,6-tetrakis(dimethylvinylsilyl)-1,4-benzoquinone (1b), 2,3,5,6-tetrakis(dimethylsilyl)-1,4-benzoquinone (1c), 4,4,6,6,10,10,12,12-octamethyl-4,6,10,12-tetrasilatricyclo7.3.0.03,7]dodeca-1(9),3(7)-diene-2,8-dione (1d), and 5-t-butyl-2-(pentamethyldisilanyl)-1,4-benzoquinone (5h) showed that the first reduction step was reversible and that the second step was irreversible. The first half-wave reduction potentials of 1a, 1b, 1c, and 1d shifted negatively relative to 1,4-benzoquinone by −0.31, −0.24, −0.03, and −0.18 V, respectively. These results demonstrated that the electron-accepting ability of the chair-form quinones 1a and 1b was lower than that of the planar quinones 1c and 1d. The of 5h (−0.93 V vs. Ag/Ag+) was quite similar to that of 5-t-butyl-2-trimethylsilyl-1,4-benzoquinone (5a, −0.94 V). A cyclic voltammogram of dimethylsilylene-bridged 1,4-benzoquinone dimer 7 showed two kinds of (−0.76 and −0.94 V). The electrochemical behavior of 7 would be interpreted in terms of near-neighbor interactions between reduced and non-reduced quinone units. Theoretical calculations of the silyl-1,4-benzoquinones reproduced well the solid state structures of the compounds. Also, the computed vibrational frequencies of the silyl-1,4-benzoquinones were in good agreement with the IR absorption frequencies of the CO units in the compounds. The LUMO energy levels of the silyl-1,4-benzoquinones were quantitatively proportional to the . |
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Keywords: | Organosilicon compound 1 4-Benzoquinone Cyclic voltammetry Theoretical calculations |
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