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Triboracyclobutanides: Four‐Membered Two‐Electron Aromatic Compounds with Fluctuating Skeletal Bonds
Author(s) -
Sahin Yüksel,
Präsang Carsten,
Amseis Peter,
Hofmann Matthias,
Geiseler Gertraud,
Massa Werner,
Berndt Armin
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200390184
Subject(s) - aromaticity , chemistry , ion , electron , crystallography , electron deficiency , computational chemistry , molecule , physics , organic chemistry , nuclear physics
A distorted triboratetrahedrane anion, 2 , is proposed as the transition state of the fluctuation of the skeletal bonds of triboracyclobutanide 1 , a two‐electron aromatic compound, B3LYP/6‐31G* computations support this suggestion (R=SiMe 3 , Dur=2,3,5,6‐tetramethylphenyl).