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Differences in Electrochemical Reduction of Mono- and Polynuclear Acylgermanes
Liška, Alan ; Frühwirt, P. ; Haas, M. ; Ludvík, Jiří ; Gescheidt-Demmer, G.
Ail the studied compounds accept first electron under formation a stable anion radical. The\ncorresponding reduction potentials in aprotic media depend on electronic (inductive,\nmesomeric) properties of the substituents, their number, and position. Here, aromatic acyl group\n(benzoyl group with various substitution on aromatic ring) is the principal substituent. The\nredox properties of presented organoelement compounds with central heteroatom Ge (Si, Sn)\nare controlled by peripheral carbonyl groups (in role of redox centers), their number, and\naromatic ring substitution. The measured first reduction potentials E1 values are found in wide\nrange (> 900 mV) due to the fact that the redox centers are carbony 1 groups connected through\nheteroatom in case of acylgermanes, while for di- and trinuclear derivatives (which are\nmolecules with multiple redox centers) the easiest reducible center is the bridging aromatic unit\ninfluenced by the closest carbonyl groups. Thus, it is possible to distinguish both groups ofnonequivalent\ncarbonyl substituents.
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