DELOCALIZATION OF ELECTRONS IN THE DEDECAHEDRANE CAGE - A D2H-SYMMETRICAL 4C-3E RADICAL-CATION AS A STRUCTURAL BORDERLINE CASE

Authors
WEBER K PRINZBACH H SCHMIDLIN R GERSON F GESCHEIDT G
Citation
K. Weber et al., DELOCALIZATION OF ELECTRONS IN THE DEDECAHEDRANE CAGE - A D2H-SYMMETRICAL 4C-3E RADICAL-CATION AS A STRUCTURAL BORDERLINE CASE, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition in English, 32(6), 1993, pp. 875-877
Citations number
37
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Angewandte Chemie, International Edition in English → ACNP
ISSN journal
05700833
Volume
32
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
875 - 877
Database
ISI
SICI code
0570-0833(1993)32:6<875:DOEITD>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
How far apart can C=C bonds be and still interact through space? An ES R investigation on the radical cation of 1,16-dodecahedradiene (1) giv es an answer to this question. On the hyperfine timescale 1.+ has a de localized structure with D2h symmetry. The pi, pi distances in 1 and I .+ are almost identical.