Planar tetracoordinate carbons in cyclic hydrocarbons.
[structure: see text] A series of cyclic hydrocarbons containing a planar tetracoordinate carbon atom is proposed. To rationalize the electronic factors contributing to the stability of these molecules, an analysis of the molecular orbitals and the induced magnetic field is presented.
Perez
Nancy
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Departamento de Química y Biología, Universidad de las Américas-Puebla, Ex-Hda. de Sta. Catarina Mártir, A. P. 100, Cholula 72820, Puebla, México.
Heine
Thomas
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Barthel
Robert
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Seifert
Gotthard
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Vela
Alberto
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Mendez-Rojas
Miguel Angel
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Merino
Gabriel
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