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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 7465-7470 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue number | 23 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1977 |
| Externally published | Yes |