Acta Cryst. (2006). B62, 1051-1060 [ doi:10.1107/S0108768106038870 ]
Abstract: Semiquinone (p-benzosemiquinone), a transient organic radical, was detected in the solid state by EPR spectroscopy revealing four symmetrically equivalent protons. A variable-temperature X-ray diffraction analysis (293 and 90 K) and EPR data support a dynamical disorder of the proton. A low-barrier O-H···O hydrogen bond stabilizes the radical. The C-O bond length is 1.297 (4) Å, corresponding to a bond order of ca 1.5. The geometry of the radical implies an electron delocalization throughout the benzenoid ring. Two polymorphs of semiquinone, monoclinic and triclinic, were observed and their structures determined. Their crystal packings were compared with those of quinhydrone polymorphs.
Keywords: semiquinone; radical; low-barrier hydrogen bond; EPR spectroscopy; variable-temperature X-ray diffraction.
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