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Title The basicity of unsaturated hydrocarbons as probed by hydrogen-bond-acceptor ability: bifurcated N-H+ ...pi hydrogen bonding.
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Journal Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 14(26)
ISSN 0947-6539
Authors Stoyanov, Evgenii S Stoyanova, Irina V Reed, Christopher A
Publication Date 2008
DOI 10.1002/chem.200800337
Peer reviewed
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The Basicity of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons as Probed by Hydrogen-Bond- Acceptor Ability: Bifurcated NACHTUGRE H+···p Hydrogen Bonding
Evgenii S. Stoyanov,* Irina V. Stoyanova, and Christopher A. Reed*[a]
Abstract: The competitive substitution rated hydrocarbons have not been ob- ing the p basicity of unsaturated hydro- of the anion (A ) in contact ion pairs served previously. The unsaturated hy- carbons is proposed: fused-ring aro- + ACHTUNGRE of the type [Oct3NH ]B(C6F5)4 by un- drocarbons studied include benzene matics benzene< toluene< xylene< saturated hydrocarbons (L) in accord- and methylbenzenes, fused-ring aro- mesitylene