Isomers of the Allyl Carbocation C3H5+ in Solid Salts: Infrared Spectra and Structures

Autor: Irina V. Stoyanova, Evgenii S. Stoyanov, Irina Yu. Bagryanskaya
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: ACS Omega, Vol 6, Iss 37, Pp 23691-23699 (2021)
ISSN: 2470-1343
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c01316
Popis: Three isomers of the allyl cation C3H5+ were obtained in salts with the carborane anion CHB11Cl11-. Two of them, angular CH3-CH=CH+ (I) and linear CH3-C+=CH2 (II), were characterized by X-ray crystallography, and the third one, (CH2CHCH2)+ (III), is formed in an amorphous salt. The stretch vibration of the charged double bond C=C+ of I and II is decreased by 162 cm-1 (I) or 76 cm-1 (II) as compared to that of neutral propene. This result contradicts the prediction of DFT and MP2 calculations with the 6-311G++(d,p) basis set that the appearance of the positive charge on the C=C bond should increase its stretch vibration by 200 cm-1 (I) or 210 cm-1 (II). According to infrared spectra, the CC bonds in isomer III have one-and-a-half bond status. Isomers I and II in the crystal lattice are stabilized due to uniform ionic interactions with neighboring anions with partial transfer of a positive charge to them. Additional stabilization of II is provided by a weak hyperconjugation effect. Isomer III is stabilized in the amorphous phase due to ion paring with a counterion and a strong intramolecular hyperconjugation effect.
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