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Proton Sandwiches: Nonclassical Carbocations with Tetracoordinate Protons
Author(s) -
Gutta Pradeep,
Tantillo Dean J.
Publication year - 2005
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.200461915
Subject(s) - tetracoordinate , carbocation , proton , chemistry , photochemistry , physics , nuclear physics , planar , computer graphics (images) , computer science
Exotic species : A number of unusual carbocations in which formally tetracoordinate protons are seemingly suspended between two CC bonds were studied computationally. An example, the “proton sandwich” derived from 1,5‐cyclooctadiene, is shown in the picture (C black, H white).