Electron Transfer and Conformational Interconversions in 1, n ‐Diphenylpolyenes

1,4-Diphenylbutadiene (1), 1,6-diphenylhexatriene (2), and 1,8-diphenylocatatetraene (3) are reduced with alkali metals and the resulting paramagnetic monoanions and diamagnetic dianions characterized by ESR and (1H-, 13C-)NMR spectroscopy, respectively. The stereodynamic behavior of the ions is studied as a function of chain length, charge, and counterion. The reduction of 1, 2, and 3 serves as a model experiment for the doping of extended linear polyenes (polyacetylenes). Elektronenubertragungen und Konformationsanderungen in 1,n-Diphenylpolyenen 1,4-Diphenylbutadien (1), 1,6-Diphenylhexatrien (2) und 1,8-Diphenyloctatetraen (3) werden mit Alkalimetallen reduziert, und die resultierenden …