Ludmila V. Mikhalchenko

Effect of the structure of the aromatic system on the rate of dimerization of radical anions of aromatic nitro compounds

The radical anions formed in the first stage of electrolytic reduction of 9-nitroanthracene, 1-nitronaphthalene, and nitrobenzene enter into a secondorder reaction in which the value of the rate constant increases as the degree of localization of the unpaired electron on the reaction site increases.

Electrochemically initiated fragmentation reaction of 9,9′-dinitro-9,9′,10,10′-tetrahydro-10,10′-bianthryl

A mechanism for the electroreduction of 9,9′-dinitro-9,9′,10,10′tetrahydro-10,10′-bianthryl in DMF, which results in the formation of anthracene and 9-nitroanthracene has been proposed on the basis of data from polarography, cyclic voltammetry, and electrolysis at a controlled potential.