What are the requirements for monohomoaromatic carbocations with ≥10 π electrons? A DFT study

ORGN 942

Philip M. Warner, p.warner@neu.edu, Department of Chemistry, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115
The monohomotropylium ion has been known for over 40 years. However, no higher homoaromatic carbocations have been synthesized or discussed using modern theory. We will report a DFT study of several potentially monohomoaromatic systems with 10, 14, 18, and 22 pi electrons. Several of these are reasonable homoaromatic synthetic targets.

 

Heterocycles and Aromatics
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday, August 23, 2007 BCEC -- 254 A/B, Oral

Division of Organic Chemistry

The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007