摘要:
Extremely stable carbocations, tris[6-(dimethylamino)- and 6-morpholino-1-azulenyl]methyl (2e and 2f), bis[6-(dimethylamino)-1-azulenyl][4-(dimethylamino)phenyl]methyl (3e), and [6-(dimethylamino)-1-azulenyl]bis[4-(dimethylamino)phenyl]methyl (4e) cations, were prepared, and their properties were fully characterized. These cations showed extremely high stabilities with high pK(R)(+) values. The values of 2e and 3e were determined spectrophotometrically in DMSO/water as 24.3 +/- 0.3 and 21.5 +/- 0.2, respectively, which are higher than those of tri(1-azulenyl)methyl and di(1-azulenyl)phenylmethyl cations (2a and 3a) by 13.0 and 11.0 pK units. The value of 4e was determined to be 14.0 +/- 0.1 in 50% aqueous acetonitrile and 14.3 +/- 0.2 in DMSO/water, which is higher than that of (1-azulenyl)diphenylmethyl cation (4a) by 11.0-11.3 pK units. The extreme stability of these methyl cations is attributable to the dipolar structure of the azulene rings, in addition to the contribution of the mesomeric effect of three dimethylamino groups. The electrochemical reduction of 2e, 3e, and 4e showed a wave at -1.26, -1.22, and -1.14 V (V vs Ag/Ag+), respectively, upon cyclic voltammetry (CV). The relatively high reduction potentials, compared with those of unsubstituted parent 1-azulenylmethyl cations (2a, -0.78; 3a, -0.66; and 4a, -0.48 V), also exhibited the electrochemical stabilization of these methyl cations by the dimethylamino substituents. The oxidation of 2e, 3e, and 4e exhibited an irreversible, barely separated two-step, one-electron oxidation wave to generate a trication species at a potential range of 0.50-0.75 V upon CV.