Open AccessAb initio calculations of dilithiopropenes
Author(s) -
Daniel Kost,
Joseph Klein,
Andrew Streitwieser,
George W. Schriver
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences of the united states of america
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011
H-Index - 771
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.79.12.3922
Subject(s) - ab initio , computational chemistry , ab initio quantum chemistry methods , chemistry , molecule , organic chemistry
Ab initio molecular orbital calculations with the 3-21G basis set show the most stable dilithiopropene structure to be the di-π lithium-bridged structure VI of 1,3-dilithiopropene. This structure is most simply regarded as an ion triplet of two lithium cations and a propenylidene dianion.