Formation of charge-transfer complexes in systems containing substituted aromatic hydrocarbons and electron-donating organic compounds

Binary systems of monosubstituted benzene derivatives of type C₆H₅X (X=CN, NO₂, COMe, F, Cl, Br, I) and furan, pyrrole, thiophene, pyridine, tetrahydrofuran, and piperidine are analyzed physicochemically by a refractometric method.From deviations from additivity of n (V) isotherms for systems containing furan plus C₆H₅CN, C₆H₅NO₂, or C₆H₅COMe, conclusions can be drawn about interactions of components leading to formation of charge-transfer complexes (CTC) of 21 composition.With pyrrole possible intermolecular interaction must be confirmed by other methods of physicochemical analysis.Almost all of the systems containing tetrahydrofuran investigated, differ by showing more marked interaction between the components, giving CTC of 11 composition.n (V) isotherms for systems containing pyridine and C₆H₅NO₂ are slightly concave to the composition axis. At the same time piperidine clearly reacts with C₆H₅CN and C₆H₅NO₂, giving a 21 complex with the former, and a colored mixture with the latter, (formation of a complex in this case requires confirmation by other methods).All the thiophene binary systems investigated are characterized by linear refractive index isotherms, i.e., they are refractometrically ideal.The electron-donor properties of the heterocyclic compounds investigated vis a vis the aromatic ring with a lowered-electron density lie in the order tetrahydrofuran > furan > piperidine > pyrrole > thiophene.For Part III see 6].