ISSN:
0018-019X
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Organic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The photoelectron spectrum of tetrakis (methylidene)cyclobutane (1, ‘[4]radialene’) is reported. The electronic states of 1+ are assigned on the basis of model calculations and with reference to related systems. Jahn-Teller activity in the degenerate states is discussed. A failure of the simple LCBO-model for the π(eg)-orbital of 1 is noted and traced to the fact that this orbital, though having a symmetry-equivalent π*-counterpart, does not interact with it. This feature is confined to [4n]radialenes; their total π-energies are therefore higher than those of the other members. It is shown that radialenes, in principle, do not constitute a class analogous to that of the linear polyenes as inferred earlier.
Additional Material:
2 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hlca.19780610104
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