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Are Allenes with Zwitterionic Character Still Allenes? Of Course!
Author(s) -
Lavallo Vincent,
Dyker C. Adam,
Donnadieu Bruno,
Bertrand Guy
Publication year - 2009
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.200804909
Subject(s) - clarity , character (mathematics) , allene , course (navigation) , aromaticity , philosophy , resonance (particle physics) , state (computer science) , literature , epistemology , chemistry , physics , particle physics , computer science , art , organic chemistry , mathematics , astronomy , molecule , programming language , geometry , biochemistry , catalysis
The true ground state of 1 is a matter of debate, but for clarity and convenience the allene resonance form 1 a , is the most appropriate. The arguments for aromaticity made by Christl and Engels are shown to be incorrect.