The π Donating Ability of Heteroatoms

Fernando Bernardi, Angelo Mangini, Nicolaos D. Epiotis, J. R. Larson, Sason Shaik

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Abstract

The π donating ability of heteroatoms in diverse systems such as+CH2X, C6H5X, CH2⩵CHX, and CH≡CX has been studied by means of SCFMO ab initio computations at the STO-3G and 4-31G levels. The results indicate that the π donating ability of first-row heteroatoms is larger than that of the second-row heteroatoms in systems where the adjacent fragment has a high-lying LUMO. On the other hand, the trend reverses when the adjacent fragment has a low-lying LUMO. A qualitative MO rationalization of these trends is offered and experimental evidence in support of the qualitative arguments is discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7465-7470
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume99
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - 1977
Externally publishedYes

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