The Trimesitylsilylium Cation

Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English)

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 400-401

  Lambert, Joseph B ^a   Zhao, Yan ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cations; Silicon; Steric hindrance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030948011     PISSN: 05700833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.199704001     Document Type: Article

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11. + ion with a phenyl twist angle of 28° (B3LYP/6-311 + G**//B3LYP/6-31G*). The presence of the ortho methyl groups is expected to increase the twist angle and the chemical shift.