TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kleinpeter, Erich
A1  - Koch, Andreas
T1  - Stable Carbenes or Betaines?
JF  - European journal of organic chemistry
N2  - The anisotropy effect in H-1 NMR spectroscopy can be readily employed to indicate the position of carbene/betaine mesomeric equilibria. NR2 substituted carbene/betaines tend to adopt betaine structures, whereas in the absence of NR2 substituents, the betaine structures cannot stabilise the structure through both -donation effects of the NMe2 groups and the electronegativity of the nitrogen atoms, and the corresponding carbene-like structures are preferred. These conclusions are supported by calculated bond orders and (C-13)/ppm values. The spatial magnetic properties of isonitriles and carbon monoxide, which can be counted as stable carbenes or, at least, as carbene-analogues, also exist as stable betaine structures, which is again supported by structural and magnetic properties.
KW  - Carbenes
KW  - Betaines
KW  - Mesomerism
KW  - Through-space NMR shieldings (TSNMRS)
KW  - NMR spectroscopy
KW  - Conformation analysis
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.201800462
SN  - 1434-193X
SN  - 1099-0690
VL  - 2018
IS  - 24
SP  - 3114
EP  - 3121
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  -