STABILIZATION OF THE TRIS(2-THIENYL)METHYL CATION BY FORMATION OF POLYMETHINE UNITS - A THIOPHENE S-S INTRAMOLECULAR INTERACTION

Authors
VAREA T MEDIOSIMON M ABARCA B BALLESTEROS R ASENSIO G GARCIAGRANDA S PEREZCARRENO E GOMEZBELTRAN F
Citation
T. Varea et al., STABILIZATION OF THE TRIS(2-THIENYL)METHYL CATION BY FORMATION OF POLYMETHINE UNITS - A THIOPHENE S-S INTRAMOLECULAR INTERACTION, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (19), 1993, pp. 1476-1477
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00224936
Issue
19
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1476 - 1477
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4936(1993):19<1476:SOTTCB>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The tris(2-thienyl)methyl cation 2a+ is stabilized by delocalization o ver a conjugated polymethine framework; it shows restricted rotation a bout the C-S bond induced by S-S interaction and crystallizes as a sta tistically disordered racemic mixture of two enantiomeric species.