H. Vancik et al., VIBRATIONAL-SPECTRA OF C4H7-TEMPERATURE ANTIMONY PENTAFLUORIDE MATRICES( ISOMERS IN LOW), Journal of physical organic chemistry, 6(7), 1993, pp. 427-432
The IR spectra of isomeric bicyclobutonium (1), delocalized cyclopropy
lcarbinyl (2) and 1-methylallyl (3) cations were recorded st 180 K in
SbF5 matrices. Cations 1 and 2 generated from cyclopropylcarbinyl and
cyclobutyl chloride, respectively, rearrange to 3 at temperatures abov
e 230 K. The structures 1, 2 and 3 were confirmed by comparison of the
recorded frequencies with the MP2/6-31G-calculated values. These res
ults are in accord with prediction that ions 1 and 2 are rapidly equil
ibrating non-classical structures.