Theoretical Gas??Phase Stabilities of α??Trimethylsilyl??Substituted Tertiary Carbenium Ions

…, S Laschat, T Dickner

Index: Dickner, Tim; Laschat, Sabine Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 2000 , vol. 342, # 8 p. 804 - 811

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Abstract

Abstract Theoretical hydride ion affinities in the gas phase are presented for α-SiMe 3- substituted tertiary carbenium ions. Thermodynamic stabilization of the” nascent “ions by a single trimethylsilyl group is weaker than by a tert-butyl group but comparable to the effect of