The sodium reduction of azulene to the contact-ion triple [disodium-(1,1',6,6'-tetrahydro-6,6'-bi(azulene)-1,1'-diide)-bis(diglyme)](infinity)

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Bock, H
Arad, C
Nather, C
Gobel, N
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[1] Chemische Institute, Universität Frankfurt, D-60439 Frankfurt am Main
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10.1002/hlca.19960790110
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O6 [化学];
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Colorless air-sensitive single crystals can be grown from a diglyme solution after the reduction of azulene by a Na-metal mirror. Structure determination at 150 K reveals a dimer dianion, in which the seven-membered rings are connected in 6,6'-positions and doubly diglyme-solvated Na+ counter cations eta(5)-coordinate to the five-membered rings. Based on preceding cyclovoltammetric measurements in aprotic azulene solutions as well as on extensive MNDO enthalpy of formation calculations, a proposal is forwarded how possibly the contact ion triple is formed along a microscopic pathway.
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