Erstmaliger Nachweis von π–π Dimerenbildung bei stabilen 1,4-Dialkylchinoxalinium-Radikalkationen. Struktur, Spektroskopie und Magnetismus / First Evidence for π-π-Dimerization of the Stable 1,4-Dialkylquinoxalinium Radical Cations. Structure, Spectroscopy and Magnetism
Crystal and molecular structure analysis of 1,4-diethylquinoxalinium iodide shows a virtually planar quinoxaline ring with 11 conjugated π-electrons. In contrast to the triiodide of the 1,4,6,7-tetramethyl derivative or to the tetraphenylborate salt of 1,4-diethylquinoxalinium cation radical the iodide exhibits π-π-dimerized radical cations in the solid state with synplanar ethyl groups and a rather small intermolecular distance of about 315 pm between the π-planes of the primarily interacting 1,4-diazine rings. Solid state magnetic measurements between 2 and 300 K show considerably diminished magnetic moments due to partial spin-pairing, and UV/VIS spectroscopic measurements in acetonitrile reflect the π—π-interaction in solution through the appearance of a long-wavelength absorption band.