Low-Frequency CH Stretch Vibrations of Free Alkoxide Ions

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Publication date 02-01-2017
Journal Angewandte Chemie, International Edition
Volume | Issue number 56 | 1
Pages (from-to) 217-220
Number of pages 4
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS)
Abstract CH stretches in hydrocarbon cations often shift to lower frequencies relative to neutral molecules, because they do not have sufficient electrons to give every bond an electron pair. A parallel effect in negatively charged species has not been previously observed. Here we show that CH bond weakening occurs in alkoxide anions as a consequence of hyperconjugation. The reasoning differs somewhat from the case of positively charged ions, but the net effect is the same: to lower CH stretching frequencies by hundreds of wavenumbers.
Document type Article
Note With supplementary file
Language English
Related publication Low-Frequency CH Stretch Vibrations of Free Alkoxide Ions
Published at https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201609437 https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201609437
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