n–π Electron donor–acceptor complexes. I. Aliphatic amines with benzonitrile
Interaction of diethyl, triethyl, n-butyl, di-n-butyl and tri-n-butyl amines as n-donor with benzonitrile as π-acceptor has been studied in n-hexane. The formation of weak electron donor–acceptor (EDA) complexes is proposed to explain the spectroscopic behavior of the mixtures. An iterative procedure was used to obtain values of stability constants (K) and extinction coefficients (ε). The fact that from the new absorption observed for these systems a value of K and a finite constant value of ε could be determined gives proof of the existence of EDA complexes. This conclusion is further supported by the temperature effect observed. Correlations of the experimental data with amine structure and other types of amine complexes were found.