Structural studies of nonclassical cyclobutylmethyl cations by the ab initio method.
Reddy VP, Rasul G, Prakash GK, Olah GA.
Reddy VP, et al. Among authors: rasul g.
J Org Chem. 2007 Apr 13;72(8):3076-80. doi: 10.1021/jo0701334. Epub 2007 Mar 3.
J Org Chem. 2007.
PMID: 17335243
Relatively lower level DFT calculations, on the other hand, show that the primary cyclobutylmethyl cation spontaneously collapses into the cyclopentyl cation (Prakash, G. K. S.; Reddy, V. P.; Rasul, G.; Casanova, J.; Olah, G. A. J. ...
Relatively lower level DFT calculations, on the other hand, show that the primary cyclobutylmethyl cation spontaneously collapses into the c …