Abstract
The polarographic reduction of several pyrylium perchlorates in buffered and unbuffered solution was investigated at DME. In 0.1M LiCl-DMF, two waves are observed. The first wave is reversible and diffusion controlled representing the uptake of one electron, whereas the second wave is a catalytic reduction of the perchlorate ion. In buffered solutions (pH ⩽ 5), only one wave is obtained and its i l , decreases with pH due to the partial conversion of the pyrylium salt into a pseudo-base. The rate of conversion, electron affinities, ionization potentials and the energy levels of HOMO and LUMO of these compounds have been computed and a linear correlation shown to exist between the spectroscopic data and the redox potentials.
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