RESUMO
Remarkably short distances to the ring plane are shown by the eta(5)-bound lithium ions in the first compound with a triply negatively charged five-membered ring, 1, which was obtained by reduction of 2 with lithium. R=CH(SiMe(3))(2), Dur=2,3,5,6-tetramethylphenyl.
RESUMO
A surprisingly high first vertical ionization energy (8.44 eV) and an unusually high oxidation potential are exibited by tricyclopropylamine (1)-in sharp contrast to triisopropylamine. These are attributed to the near-tetrahedral geometry of 1 at the N atom and the perpendicular orientation-with respect to the N-orbital axis-of the cyclopropyl groups. gamma-Irradiation of 1 led to the radical cation 1(.)(+), which, in accord with computations, has a planar C(3h)-symmetrical structure. The EPR-spectroscopic and computational results disclose a dramatic, previously not reported, conformational change on going from 1 to 1(.)(+).