Jayanti Nag Chaudhuri

Bio: Jayanti Nag Chaudhuri is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Aromatic hydrocarbon & Nitric acid. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 2 citations.

A comparison of experimental determinations of electron affinities of pi charge transfer complex acceptors

Abstract: The absolute electron affinities of pi charge transfer complex acceptors have been examined and the ’’best’’ values have been chosen. All of the results obtained by the magnetron method, including the estimates for hexafluorobenzene and tetracyanoethylene, were accepted. However, the magnetron results for anthraquinone and benzoquinone are not in agreement with charge transfer complex and half‐wave reduction potential data. The half‐wave reduction potential data and the charge transfer complex data for all of the other acceptors for which absolute electron affinities are available were found to be consistent with the usual correlation equations and their associated assumptions. The parameters from these correlations have been used to calculate the absolute electron affinities for about 150 acceptors.

Electron Affinities of Organic Molecules

Abstract: ABSOLUTE values of the electron affinity, E, of organic molecules have not been determined experimentally except in a few cases1,2, and in most of these the uncertainty is several tenths of an electron volt or even more. Some theoretical values have also been calculated3. Since the electron affinity is a fundamental molecular property and also is4 of considerable importance to modern biology it is desirable that more and better values be found.