{"title":"Harnessing steric strain to obtain superbases","authors":"R. Notario, J. Elguero","doi":"10.1039/C39950001543","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Theoretical calculations (G2 with complete optimization of the geometry) of tetrahedrane and its protonated form lead to the conclusion that tetrahedtane should be a superbase [proton affinity (PA) at 298 K, 252.0 kcal mol–1(1 cal = 4.184 J)]; the performance of the G2 method was checked against 14 experimental PA values.","PeriodicalId":17282,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Chemical Society, Chemical Communications","volume":"94 1","pages":"1543-1544"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"13","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of The Chemical Society, Chemical Communications","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1039/C39950001543","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Theoretical calculations (G2 with complete optimization of the geometry) of tetrahedrane and its protonated form lead to the conclusion that tetrahedtane should be a superbase [proton affinity (PA) at 298 K, 252.0 kcal mol–1(1 cal = 4.184 J)]; the performance of the G2 method was checked against 14 experimental PA values.