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Due to a specific distribituon of electron density (quinoid rings are not aromatic and their -electrons are not delocalised, Fig. 1a), repulsion of electron-rich -systems is minimal, and is easily outperformed by - attractions. All previously described quinoid stacks, found in alkali salts of chloranilic acid, comprised neutral or mono anionic rings (Fig. 1a,b) [1,2]; in dianionic rings repulsion of -systems cannot be avoided (Fig. 1c), and doubly charged rings stack with larger centroid distances (> 3.6 ) and offset (> 1.7 ) [3]. Thus, sln  $ & ػ{shsV{I{Ahc/mHsHh;Vh0JmHsH#jh;VhUmHsHhhmHsHhmHsHjhUmHsHh J7mHsHhhq mHsHhx*mHsHh mHsHh!uvh!uv5mHsHh!uvmHsHh!uvh-|5CJaJmHsHh R5CJaJmHsHhx*5CJaJmHsHhE,5CJaJmHsHh"5CJaJmHsHn  " $ & d!!"B##$a$gd$$a$gd$a$gdI$a$gdB$a$gd?gd!uv$a$gdG$a$gd!uv#& (  > ? j k ,0(z "bdf:$Fd৥ŕō}uhmHsHhEmHsHhDmHsHhF.mHsHhsJmHsHhBmHsHUhEhbMmHsHhmHsHhbMhbMmHsHhemHsHh+SmHsHhhx*mHsHhbMmHsHh{mHsHhx*mHsHh#mHsH.tacks of quinoid dianions resemble aromatic ones. In a series of alkali salts of 2,5-dihydroxyquinone, however, dianionic quinoid rings stack without offset. Substitution of chlolrine atom with a hydrogen (Fig. 1) plays a crucial role: bulky, electron-rich chlorine atoms in contiguous rings repulse other atoms (chlorines and oxygens), destabilising the stacks. Small electron-poor hydrogen atoms cause little electrostatic repulsion and steric hindrance, maximising - attraction between C H and C O bonds in contigous rings. Therefore, dianionic rings stack without offset. However, due to strong electrostatic repulsion of two negative charges, centroid distances are slightly longer than the sum of van der Waals radii.  EMBED ISISServer  Figure 1 a) Neutral 2,5-dihidroxyquinone has localized -electrons; b) in its mono anion a half of a ring comprises a delocalised system, while dianion; c) whereas in a dianion two delocalized systems are separated by single C C bonds. [1] K. Mol anov, B. Koji-Prodi, A. Meden, XVII Slovenian-Croatian Crystallographic Meeting, Ptuj, Slovenia, 2008. [2] K. Mol anov, B. Koji-Prodi, A. Meden, CrystEngComm, 11 (2009), 1407-1415. [3] K. Mol anov, B. Koji-Prodi, A. Meden, Croat. Chem. Acta, 82 (2009), 387-396 f h l n z !!!!!!"b"d"r""###@#B#H#J######ÿЭwlhhmHsHh}hmHsHh}mHsHh}5mHsHh_6mHsHh6mHsHhmHsHhhmHsH hhh h5hIhI5hjh|lU-j;O h|lCJUVaJmHnHsHtHhIjhIU)###hehmHsHhmHsH6&P 1h:pk5. 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