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Characterization, Quantification and Compound-specific Isotopic Analysis of Pyrogenic Carbon Using Benzene Polycarboxylic Acids (BPCA)
Published on: May 16, 2016
The nature and extent of pi-stabilization within foiled carbenes
Jean-Luc Mieusset1, Udo H Brinker
1Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Wien, Währinger Strasse 38, A-1090 Wien, Austria.
Abstract:
B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p) computations of the stabilization energies, singlet-triplet energy gaps, and lowest transition states for a set of cyclic alkenylidenes were performed in order to find the strongest interactions between the C-C double bond and the carbene center. The results suggest that among the alkenylidenes investigated in this study, those with a norbornenylidene structure represent strongly stabilized carbenes with a reduced reactivity toward intermolecular reactions. Further stabilization is found when the double bond is electron-rich or pyramidalized. Thus, for the rearrangement of syn-34 to take place, an activation barrier of about 22 kcal/mol needs to be overcome. The inclination to undergo a retro-Skattebøl rearrangement, which to our knowledge has never been observed experimentally, is characteristic for highly stabilized foiled carbenes.
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