Gas-phase synthesis of the rare-gas carbene cation ArCH2+ using doubly ionised bromomethane as a superelectrophilic reagent.
The bimolecular reaction of mass-selected CH3Br2+/CH2BrH2+ dications with argon leads to the rare-gas carbene cation ArCH2+, which represents an example of a new kind of organo rare-gas compound.
Ascenzi
Daniela
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Department of Physics, University of Trento, Via Sommarive 14, 38050 Povo, Trento, Italy. ascenzi@science.unitn.it
Tosi
Paolo
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Roithová
Jana
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Schröder
Detlef
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