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Structural Changes on Oxidation: Flattening of the C 4 ‐Cluster of Tetrahedrane
Author(s) -
Bock Hans,
Roth Bernhard,
Maier Günther
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.198002091
Subject(s) - flattening , isomerization , cluster (spacecraft) , chemistry , valence (chemistry) , electron , crystallography , tetra , valence electron , chemical physics , computational chemistry , materials science , physics , medicinal chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , quantum mechanics , computer science , composite material , programming language
As a cluster with a “balanced” number of electrons , tetra‐ tert ‐butyltetrahedrane surprisingly affords the same radical cation as tetra‐ tert ‐butylcyclobutadiene on electron removal. The spontaneous valence isomerization can be explained on the basis of the calculated charge distribution.