“…The complexes 1e6, 3,6-di-tert-butyl-o-benzoquinone 3,6-DBBQ, 4,6-di-tert-butyl-N-(2,6-di-isopropyl-phenyl)-p-aminophenol (APiPr)H 2 , 4,6-di-tert-butyl-N-(2,6-di-isopropyl-phenyl)-p-iminobenzoquinone IBQ-iPr were prepared according to reported procedures [27e29, 62,80], commercial compounds Ph 3 SbBr 2 (Aldrich), Ph 3 Sb (Aldrich, 99%), trolox (Adrich, 97%), 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol (Fluka, 99.0%), [(C 5 H 5 ) 2 Fe]BF 4 (Aldrich) were used as received. UVevis spectra were recorded on SF-103 spectrophotometer (220e1100 nm).…”