On the Benzylium/Tropylium Ion Dichotomy
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Adam Nagy; Dr. hab. Jan Fulara; Iryna Garkusha; Prof. John P. Maier
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Article
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2011
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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+ hydrocarbon cations have been the focus of attention ever since tropylium (Tr + ) was predicted to be highly stable. [1] It fulfills Hückels rule and is the most common textbook example for aromaticity after benzene. However, the rivalry with its energetically close-lying isomer, benzylium (Bz + )