Towards a Classification of Singlet Carbenes

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1 April 1980

journal article
Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH in Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B

Vol. 35 (4) , 475-476
https://doi.org/10.1515/znb-1980-0413

Abstract

According to one-electron perturbation theory singlet carbenes can be classified as (a) electrophilic, (b) nucleophilic or (c) ambiphilic in their addition properties towards olefines. The nucleophilicity of the σ-orbital in :CX₁X₂ should increase with decreasing electronegativity of X₁ (X₂).

Keywords

CLASSIFICATION
CARBENES
SINGLET
PERTURBATION
AMBIPHILIC
ELECTRONEGATIVITY
CX1X2

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