The Journal of organic chemistry

Discovery and development of organic super-electron-donors

JA Murphy

Index: Garnier, Jean; Kennedy, Alan R.; Berlouis, Leonard E. A.; Murphy, John A.; Turner, Andrew T. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2010 , vol. 6, art. no. 73

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Citation Number: 31

Abstract

Based on simple ideas of electron-rich alkenes, exemplified by tetrakis (dimethylamino) ethene, TDAE, and on additional driving force associated with aromatization, families of very powerful neutral organic super-electron-donors (SEDs) have been developed. In the ground