The crystal structure of 2-formyl-6-dimethylaminopentafulvene. Bond length and angle evidence for dipolar character

1 January 1971

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society D: Chemical Communications

No. 7,p. 356-357
https://doi.org/10.1039/c29710000356

Abstract

Bond lengths and angles found in a crystal structure study of 2-formyl-6-dimethylaminopentafulvene suggest that a dipolar form (IIIb) makes a major contribution to the ground-state resonance hybrid.

Keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
FORMYL
DIMETHYLAMINOPENTAFULVENE
IIIB
RESONANCE
CHARACTER
BOND LENGTH

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