Charge Transfer Complexes of New Sulfur- and Selenium-Rich Aromatic Donors.
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SUBMITTER: Qin Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9281308 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul
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Charge Transfer Complexes of New Sulfur- and Selenium-Rich Aromatic Donors.
Qin Qian Q Hebert André J AJ Cruz Ricardo L RL Mague Joel T JT
ACS omega 20220627 27
Two new sulfur- and selenium-rich pentacyclic aromatic compounds were prepared by short chemical syntheses. The two donors readily formed charge transfer (CT) complexes upon reaction with antimony pentachloride or tris(4-bromophenyl)ammoniumyl hexachloroantimonate. The X-ray structures of the heterocyclic donors and their CT complexes were determined. The donors flattened considerably upon CT complex formation. ...[more]
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