Low Temperature Protonation of Cyclo-Octa-1,5-Diene-(Duroquinone)Nickel(0)

Creator(s)

Maurice Brookhart, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Glenda J. Young, East Tennessee State University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1974

Description

Cyclo-octa-1,5-diene(duroquinone)nickel(O) has been shown to protonate at the duroquinone carbonyls in HSO3F to yield a stable dication. The chemical shift of the OH protons indicates very extensive positive charge delocalization through backbonding.

Citation Information

Brookhart, Maurice; and Young, Glenda J.. 1974. Low Temperature Protonation of Cyclo-Octa-1,5-Diene-(Duroquinone)Nickel(0). Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications. (6). 205. https://doi.org/10.1039/C39740000205 ISSN: 0022-4936