TY - JOUR A1 - Ochmann, Miguel A1 - Vaz da Cruz, Vinicius A1 - Eckert, Sebastian A1 - Huse, Nils A1 - Föhlisch, Alexander T1 - R-Group stabilization in methylated formamides observed by resonant inelastic X-ray scattering T2 - Chemical communications: ChemComm N2 - The inherent stability of methylated formamides is traced to a stabilization of the deep-lying sigma-framework by resonant inelastic X-ray scattering at the nitrogen K-edge. Charge transfer from the amide nitrogen to the methyl groups underlie this stabilization mechanism that leaves the aldehyde group essentially unaltered and explains the stability of secondary and tertiary amides. Y1 - 2022 UR - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/63244 SN - 1359-7345 SN - 1364-548X VL - 58 IS - 63 SP - 8834 EP - 8837 PB - The Royal Society of Chemistry CY - Cambridge ER -