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Hindered Rotation of tert ‐Butyl Groups in Radical Cations of Highly Substituted Alkenes
Author(s) -
Eierdanz Horst,
Potthoff Siegfried,
Bolze Rudolf,
Berndt Armin
Publication year - 1984
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.198405261
Subject(s) - rotation (mathematics) , chemistry , medicinal chemistry , mathematics , geometry
The free rotation of two closely neighboring tert ‐butyl groups bonded to sp 2 ‐C atoms can be partially removed. Hindered rotation of this sort was already known for 1,8‐di‐ tert ‐butylnaphthalene; novel is the detection of this phenomenon in the radical cations of type 1 and 2 .