A product consisting of two vinylogous amidinium ions is formed when the title compounds gives up two electrons to iodide. The resulting salt forms diamagnetic, blackish-violet crystals. The two mesomeric π-electron systems are almost planar; the sixmembered ring in 1 has a twist-conformation.
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