ISSN:
0570-0833
Keywords:
Donor-acceptor systems
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Aromaticity
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Chemistry
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General Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Donor and acceptor substituents stabilize (4n)π-electron systems and destabilize those with (4n+2)π electrons. The same is true for the transition states of pericyclic reactions, which explains the appearance of dipolar intermediates in symmetry-allowed cycloadditions and sigmatropic rearrangements. Donor-acceptor-substituted semibullvalenes undergo rapid Cope rearrangement, as do tetraazabarbaralanes. In contrast, tetraazasemibullvalenes can not be isolated, since the isomeric tetrazocines always result. The usefulness of the donor-acceptor concept in preparative chemistry is demonstrated by numerous stable cyclic (4n)π-electron systems, like donor-acceptor-substituted cyclobutadienes, tetraaminobenzene, and p-benzoquinone dications, benzodiazepinyl anions, and donor-acceptor-substituted cyclopentadienyl cations and their heteroatom-containing analogues. The new compounds are of interest in the fields of organic metals and ferromagnets, nonlinear optics, and dyestuffs, among others.
Additional Material:
8 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.198814371
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