CONCERNING THE STRUCTURE OF THE CORANNULENE TETRAANION

Authors
RABIDEAU PW MARCINOW Z SYGULA R SYGULA A
Citation
Pw. Rabideau et al., CONCERNING THE STRUCTURE OF THE CORANNULENE TETRAANION, Tetrahedron letters, 34(40), 1993, pp. 6351-6354
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
34
Issue
40
Year of publication
1993
Pages
6351 - 6354
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1993)34:40<6351:CTSOTC>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The question of an anion within an anion structure for corannulene tet raanion is examined by ab initio and semi-empirical calculations, as w ell as by the behavior of corannulene anionic intermediates in anhydro us ammonia. Calculations do not lend much support to a central cyclope ntadienyl anion in the tetraanion, and a tetraanion is either not form ed or does not resist protonation in liquid ammonia.