Charge‐transfer complex formations of tetracyanoquinone (cyanil) and aromatic electron donors

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Single‐electron oxidants are the primary reagents for investigations of the new oxidants and the development of electron‐accepting materials for application in optoelectronics. Quinones are the well‐known class of the neutral single‐electron oxidants. Here, we present the properties of the strongest neutral electron acceptor of this class tetracyanoquinone (cyanil) and investigate its electron‐accepting strength by analyzing the charge‐transfer complex formations with the aromatic donor molecules. Charge‐transfer complexes of tetracyanoquinone with aromatic electron donors are characterized spectroscopically in solution and isolated as the single crystals.