The Journal of organic chemistry

Discovery and development of organic super-electron-donors

JA Murphy

Index: Sword, Ryan; Baldwin, Luke A.; Murphy, John A. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2011 , vol. 9, # 9 p. 3560 - 3570

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Citation Number: 31

Abstract

Based on simple ideas of electron-rich alkenes, exemplified by tetrakis (dimethylamino) ethene, TDAE, and on additional driving force associated with aromatization, families of very powerful neutral organic super-electron-donors (SEDs) have been developed. In the ground