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MUTUAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE DICATIONS OF ALKYL AROMATIC COMPOUNDS AND THEIR CONJUGATE CATIONS OF BENZYL TYPE
Bodoev, N.V.,Krysin, A.P.,Koptyug, V.A.
, p. 880 - 885 (2007/10/02)
For ions of the anthracene and naphthalene series it was only possible to observe transitions betveen the dications of alkyl aromatic compounds (2+) and cations of the benzyl type ArCH(+)R (R = CH3, H), which are conjugated acids and bases, for the case of the thermodynamically favorable transformation of the dication into the conjugate monocation.Even if it is favorable in thermodynamic respects, the reverse transformation involves overcoming a high activation barrier, which is evidently due to electrostatic repulsion of the proton and of the positively charged center being protonated.
