Reactions of Difluorovinylidene—A Super??Electrophilic Carbene

W Sander, C Kötting

Index: Sander, Wolfram; Koetting, Carsten Chemistry - A European Journal, 1999 , vol. 5, # 1 p. 24 - 28

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Citation Number: 51

Abstract

Abstract Even xenon reacts with difluorovinylidene at cryogenic temperatures to form a charge-transfer complex (see picture). Several other reactions, including the addition of N 2 or CO, the addition to π systems and the insertion into covalent bonds have been investigated by means of matrix isolation spectroscopy and ab initio calculations.