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The Protonation of Cubane Revisited
Author(s) -
Fokin Andrey A.,
Tkachenko Boryslav A.,
Gunchenko Pavel A.,
Schreiner Peter R.
Publication year - 2004
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.200461042
Subject(s) - cubane , protonation , path (computing) , proton , chemistry , product (mathematics) , crystallography , computer science , physics , crystal structure , organic chemistry , mathematics , ion , geometry , quantum mechanics , programming language
Cubane's proton affinity is now understood! Protonated cubane forms a structure with a protonated CC bond (see scheme), which undergoes rearrangement along the most favorable reaction path rapidly giving 1,8‐dihydropentalene as the final product. The results confirm the experimentally determined proton affinity of cubane.