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Using Cyclic Voltammetry, UV-Vis-NIR, and EPR Spectroelectrochemistry to Analyze Organic Compounds
Published on: October 18, 2018
Electronic structures of bisnoradamantenyl and bisnoradamantanyl dications and related species
Caio L Firme1, Tamires F da Costa, Eduardo T da Penha
1Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Av. Salgado Filho, s/n, Lagoa Nova, Natal, RN, Brazil CEP 59072-970. caiofirme@quimica.ufrn.br
Abstract:
The highly pyramidalized molecule bisnoradamantene is extremely reactive toward nucleophiles and dienes. In this work, we studied the electronic structure of bisnoaradamantene, as well as those of its cation and dication, which are previously unreported carbonium ions. According to QTAIM and MO analysis, there is a 3c-2e bonding system in the bisnoradamantenyl cation and a 4c-2e bonding system in the bisnoradamantenyl dication. A topological study indicated that, on going from bisnoradamantene to its dication, π-bond interaction with the bridgehead carbon atom increases. Additional study of the bisnoradamantanyl dication also indicated that it has two multicenter bonding systems. Comparison of the D3BIA and NICS aromaticity indices of these molecules and other derivatives indicates that these indices are well correlated, and analysis of these indices shows that the cationic and dicationic bisnoradamantenyl species are homoaromatic.
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