Quantitative structure-property relationships in the series of diazonium cations, intermediate products in the synthesis of analytical forms and dyes

It was demonstrated that the reduction potentials, dimerization potentials, and half-equivalence point potentials in the titration of aryldiazonium cations XC₆H₄N⁺N are linearly related to the quantum-chemically calculated values of electron affinities (A) and stabilization energies of radicals formed in the reduction of diazonium cations. Linear correlations between the frequencies (v) characterizing the set of stretching vibrations in the C—N⁺N fragment of XC₆H₄N⁺N cations and NN and C—N bond orders, charges on carbon atoms in the para positions of aromatic rings of C₆H₅X molecules, and mesomeric dipole moments (µ_m) of substituents X were found. Quantitative relationships relating µ_m and v to A were revealed. These relationships have clear physical meaning, are characterized by relatively large correlation coefficients, and possess predictive power for redox properties, electron affinity, and vibrational spectra of aryldiazonium cations and mesomeric dipole moments of atomic groups in organic molecules.Translated from Zhurnal Analiticheskoi Khimii, Vol. 60, No. 2, 2005, pp. 149–156. Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Pankratov.