Hypothetical strain-free oligoradicals

R Hoffmann; O Eisenstein; A T Balaban

doi:10.1073/pnas.77.10.5588

Hypothetical strain-free oligoradicals

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1980 Oct;77(10):5588-92. doi: 10.1073/pnas.77.10.5588.

Authors

R Hoffmann¹, O Eisenstein, A T Balaban

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853.

Abstract

Several new classes of oligoradicals free of angle strain are suggested and examined by means of molecular orbital calculations. The collapse products of these hypothetical radicals are highly strained molecules. Various electronic strategies for the stabilization of these oligoradicals have been explored.