Rn. Butler et al., AN UNUSUAL SUBSTITUENT EFFECT IN A CYCLOADDITION OF AN AZOLIUM YLIDE 1,3-DIPOLE - AN INVERTED V-SHAPED HAMMETT PLOT, Journal of heterocyclic chemistry, 34(6), 1997, pp. 1825-1827
An unusual inverted V-shaped Hammett plot has been observed for substi
tuent effects at the N-terminus of 1,2,3-triazolium-1-imide 1,3-dipole
s in cycloaddition reactions. Theoretical studies (3-21G and 6-31G) su
ggest strong resonance interactions separately stabilizing both ends o
f the dipole.