The R3O+center dot center dot center dot H+ Hydrogen Bond: Toward a Tetracoordinate Oxadionium(2+) Ion

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Stoyanov E. S., Gunbas G., HAFEZİ N., MASCAL M., Stoyanova I. V., Tham F. S., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, cilt.134, sa.1, ss.707-714, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 134 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1021/ja209942s
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.707-714
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Oxatriquinanes are tricyclic oxonium ions which are known to possess remarkable solvolytic stability compared to simple alkyl oxonium salts. Their rigid, hemispherical structure presents an oxygen at the apex of three fused five-membered rings. While trivalent oxygen species like these have been well described in the literature, the ability of oxygen to enter into a fourth covalent bonding relationship has been visited in theory and suggested by the outcome of certain reactions conducted in superacidic media, but has never been established by the characterization of a stable, persistent R3OH2+ or R4O2+ ion. In this study, the nucleophilicity of the oxatriquinane oxygen was evaluated first by a series of protonation studies using the Bronsted superacid H(CHB11Cl11) both in the solid state and in liquid HCl solution. The interaction of the oxatriquinane oxygen with a bridging carbocation was also examined. A strong case could be made for the occurrence of hydrogen bonding between H(CHB11Cl11) and oxatriquinane using IR spectroscopy. Under the most forcing protonation conditions, the oxatriquinane ring is cleaved to give a bridged, dicationic, protonated tetrahydrofuran-carbenium ion.