Isolation of protonated arenes (Wheland intermediates) with BAr(F) and carborane anions. A novel crystalline superacid [5]

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 26, 1999, Pages 6314-6315

  Reed, Christopher A ^a   Fackler, Nathanael L P ^a   Kim, Kee Chan ^a   Stasko, Daniel ^a   Evans, Daniel R ^a   Boyd, Peter D W ^b   Rickard, Clifton E F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBORANE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

CHEMICAL REACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LETTER; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PROTON TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0033532902     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja981861z     Document Type: Letter

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