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Squeezing CC Bonds
Author(s) -
Huntley Deborah R.,
Markopoulos Georgios,
Donovan Patrick M.,
Scott Lawrence T.,
Hoffmann Roald
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.200502721
Subject(s) - bond , strapping , computer science , materials science , business , composite material , finance
It's not how short you make it , it's how you make it short! A diverse collection of compounds with short CC single bonds whose lengths range from 1.32 Å to 1.46 Å have been theoretically designed (see structure of a “spiderane”). The strategies for squeezing the CC bonds (encapsulation, strapping back, and stiffening) allow shorter bonds than hybridization and conjugative effects alone.