Walter Seufert

Elektronen-Transfer bei den Reaktionen von Halogen-σ-Komplexen des 1,3,5-Tris(1-pyrro-lidinyl)benzols mit Nucleophilen (Aminobenzole ; 21)

Iodo, bromo, chloro, and thiocyanato σ-complexes 4, accessible as crystalline compounds from 1,3,5-tris(1-pyrrolidinyl)benzene (1) with halogens and dirhodan, respectively, react with nucleophiles or bases under dehalogenation, deprotonation, dimerization, or H σ-complex formation. The product formation depends on the redox potentials of the σ-complexes (acceptors) and the nucleophiles (donors), on the leaving tendency of the substituents on C-1 of the σ-complexes, and on the reaction time. The unexpected reactions are interpreted by an electron transfer from the nucleophile Y| to the σ-complex A+ to give the radical A*, a subsequent heterolytic dissociation to the 1,3,5-tris(1-pyrrolidinyl)benzene radical cation C.+, and its follow-up reactions (addition of nucleophiles, dimerization, and H abstraction). The H σ-complex 6 results the most stable final product after long reaction times because of its lowest acceptor properties and the poor nucleofugal leaving tendency of a hydride ion.