The formation of bifurcated charge transfer complexes with molecular iodine

Abstract

Abstract I 2 complexes with triptycene and several di- and triaryl derivatives of methane and ethane were studied. For these complexes the values of λ CT are virtually identical to those reported for the complexes with the analogous monoaryl donors, while the values of λ for their blue shifted I 2 peaks are significantly lower than those for the monoaryl complexes. Both the equilibrium constants and - ΔH 0 values for the formation of complexes from the components lead to the conclusion that the complexes with the di- and triaryl compounds are more stable than those with the monoaryl donors. For the diaryl donors, the Δ S 0 298 values for complex formation are less favorable than those of the monoaryl donors. The dipole moment for I 2 in diphenylmethane is larger than the moment of I 2 in toluene. All of these observations can be explained by taking into account the transannular effect of one aromatic ring on another and viewing the complexes as bifurcated ones in which the I atom at one end of an I 2 molecule simultaneously interacts with two rings in the donor molecules.