K. Pan et al., ELECTRON-PARAMAGNETIC-RESONANCE INVESTIGATION OF THE COMPLEXES OF GRIGNARD-REAGENTS WITH 9,10-PHENANTHRENESEMIQUINONATE, Magnetic resonance in chemistry, 33(7), 1995, pp. 518-522
The substituent effect on the proton hyperfine splitting constants (hf
sc) of the charge-transfer complexes of Grignard reagents (RMgBr, R =
CH3, C2H5, CH3CH=CH) with seven 3-substituted 9,10-phenanthroquinones
is reported. A back-donation bonding interaction between phenanthrenes
emiquinonate anion radical pi and the magnesium p orbital is revealed
by the hfsc analysis.