| Abstract |
The Class III (delocalized) intervalence radical anions of 1,4-dinitrobenzene, 2,6-dinitronaphthalene, 2,6-dinitroanthracene, 9,9-dimethyl-2,7-dinitrofluorene, 4,4 -dinitrobiphenyl, and 1,5-dinitronaphthalene show charge-transfer bands in their near-IR spectra. The dinitroaromatic radical anions have comparable but slightly larger electronic interactions (H-ab values) through the same aromatic bridges as do the corresponding dianisylamino-substituted radical cations. H-ab values range from 5410 cm(-1) (1,4-dinitrobenzene) to 3400 cm(-1) (9,9-dimethyl-2,7-dinitrofluorene), decreasing as the number of bonds between the nitro groups increases, except for the 1,5-dinitronaphthalene radical-anion, which has a coupling similar to that of 9,9-dimethyl-2,7-dinitrofluorene. All charge-transfer bands show vibrational fine structure. The vertical excitation energies (lambda(v)) were estimated from the vibrational components, obtained by simulation of the entire band. The large 2H(ab)/lambda(v) values confirm these radicals to be Class III delocalized mixed-valence species. Analysis using Cave and Newton s generalized Mulliken-Hush theory relating the transition dipole moment to the distance on the diabatic surfaces suggests that the electron-transfer distance on the diabatic surfaces, d(ab), is only 26-40\% of the nitrogen-to-nitrogen distance, which implies that something may be wrong with our analysis. |
