2,6,10-Tris(dialkylamino)trioxatriangulenium ions. Synthesis, structure, and properties of exceptionally stable carbenium ions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 120, Issue 47, 1998, Pages 12255-12263

  Laursen, Bo W ^a   Krebs, Frederik C ^a   Nielsen, Merete F ^a,b   Bechgaard, Klaus ^a   Christensen, Jørn B ^a,b   Harrit, Niels ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,6,10 TRIS(DIALKYLAMINO)TRIOXATRIANGULENIUM; CARBENIUM ION; CATION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032477285     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja982550r     Document Type: Article

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