The inverted bond in [1.1.1]propellane is a charge-shift bond

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1407-1410

  Wu, Wei ^a   Gu, Junjing ^a   Song, Jinshuai ^a   Shaik, Sason ^b   Hiberty, Philippe C ^c  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Bond theory; Charge shift bonds; Propellanes; Valence bond theory

Indexed keywords

PROGRAMMING THEORY;

AB-INITIO; BOND THEORY; CHARGE-SHIFT BONDS; PROPELLANE; PROPELLANES; RESONANCE ENERGIES; SINGLE BONDS; VALENCE BOND THEORY; VALENCE BONDS;

CHEMICAL BONDS;

EID: 60149086644     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200804965     Document Type: Article

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