Abstract
Abstract The kinetics of the protonation of sodium salt of 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (Na+TCNQ\ewdot) by hydrogen chloride in alcohols and acetonitrile was investigated, using a stopped-flow apparatus. In methanol, the protonation rate is first-order in HCl and second-order in Na+TCNQ\ewdot, while in ethanol, the rate is one-half-order in HGl and second-order in Na+TCNQ\ewdot. The protonation rate in acetonitrile is first-order in HCl, but it deviates from second-order in Na+TCNQ\ewdot. These results are interpreted in terms of the rapid formation of a protonated intermediate in the initial stage of the reaction, according to TCNQ\ewdot+H+\ightleftharpoonsHTCNQ\ewdot The reversibility of this reaction is well demonstrated by the second-order dependence of the rate on Na+TCNQ\ewdot. The rate is also compared with the protonation rate of semiquinones, such as sodium salts of p-chloranil and 2,3-dicyano-l,4-benzoquinone, from the view point of the difference in reactivity between carbon and oxygen acids.
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