1. I n 0 . 1~ HCl/H,O, o-and p-nitrobenzenediazonium ions rapidly form a complex with Z-naphthol-6,8-disulphonic acid anions. Visible and NMR. spectra show that it has the structure of a charge-transfer complex (n-complex). The latter is probably an intermediate in the electrophilic aromatic substitution (diazo coupling reaction).2. Diazonium ions form charge-transfer complexes with naphthalene, 1-methylnaphthalene, naphthalene-1-sulphonic acid, 1-naphthyl-methanesulphonic acid and also 2-naphthol-1-sulphonic acid. The equilibrium constants of all these complexes have been determined.3. The stabilisation of diazonium salts by arylsulphonic acids with regard to decomposition is due to charge-transfer complex formation and not to formation of diazosulphonates as assumed by former investigators. The sulphonic group is not essential for the stabilisation.
4.Charge-transfer complex formation decreases the electrophilicity of the diazonium ion (rate of diazo coupling reaction) only slightly.
Komplexbildung von o-Nitrophenyldiazonium-mit 2-Naphtol-6, S-disul-fonat-Ionen. -Die bisherigen Untersuchungen iiber den Mechanismus der elektrophilen aromatischen Substitutionen haben ergeben, dass alle bis heute genauer untersuchten Faille nach dem SE2-Mechanismus (1)-(2) ablaufen.Teilweise vorgetragen am 111. Internationalen Farbensymposium in Interlaken, 18. Mai 1967 ; vgl. Chimia 22, 9 (1968). Runde Klammern = Gesamtkonzentrationen gemass Einwaage; eckige Klammern = Konzentration der Gleichgewichtsform, die in die betreffende Stufe eintritt.
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