Characterization of the dimeric one-electron electrolytic reduction products of 1-alkylpyridinium ions in acetonitrile

Abstract A chemical-electrochemical approach for the determination of the positions of coupling in the dimeric one-electron reduction products of 1-alkylpyridinium ions in acetonitrile is described. The procedure involves the treatment of a solution of the dimeric species with an appropriate quinone followed by electrochemical examination of the resulting solution. For 1-alkylpyridinium ions without ring substituents, the dimer is concluded to be the 4,4′ coupled isomer, based on the formation in the cases of 1-methyl-, 1-ethyl-, and 1-benzylpyridinium ions of the 1,1′-dialkyl-4,4′-bipyridinium monocation radical species on treatment of the dimeric species with 1,4-benzoquinone. The characteristics, particularly the quantitative nature, of this tetrahydrobipyridine-quinone reaction have been examined.

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