IS A C-EQUIVALENT-TO-C QUADRUPLE BOND POSSIBLE

Authors
SCHLEYER PV MASLAK P CHANDRASEKHAR J GREV RS
Citation
Pv. Schleyer et al., IS A C-EQUIVALENT-TO-C QUADRUPLE BOND POSSIBLE, Tetrahedron letters, 34(40), 1993, pp. 6387-6390
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
34
Issue
40
Year of publication
1993
Pages
6387 - 6390
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1993)34:40<6387:IACQBP>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Ab initio computations Predict a minimum for a carbon-carbon quadruple bond in C2. While the computed C-C separation, 1.128 angstrom, fits P auling's bond order-bond length relationship well, this result is an a rtifact of the restricted Hartree Fock theory.