Electro-organic reactions. Part 50. Quinodimethane chemistry. Part 1. Electrochemical generation and characterisation of p-quinodimethanes

S Szunerits, JHP Utley, MF Nielsen

Index: Szunerits, Sabine; Utley, James H. P.; Nielsen, Merete F. Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 2, 2000 , # 4 p. 669 - 675

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Abstract

Quinodimethanes (QDMs) were generated cathodically from 1, 4-bis (halogenomethyl) arenes, either by direct or by mediated reduction, and characterised using cyclic voltammetry in the 0.1 to 200 V s− 1 range. Formal redox potentials (E°) were determined, including that, at− 15° C, for the parent quinodimethane. Redox catalysis with organic mediators proved to be a convenient method for the generation of quinodimethanes from ...