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Structure and energetics of C sub 2 H sub 4 Br sup + : Ethylenebromonium ion vs. bromoethyl cations

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Chemical Society; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00179a006· OSTI ID:5757633
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  1. Univ. of Georgia, Athens (United States)
The cyclic and acyclic isomers of C{sub 2}H{sub 4}Br{sup +} are compared by using ab initio quantum mechanical techniques, including the use of electron correlation and polarization functions. The cyclic bromonium ion is found to be more stable than the acyclic 1-bromoethyl cation by 1.5 kcal/mol, in very good agreement with experiment. A transition state for the interconversion of these two forms is reported, the energy barrier being {approximately}25 kcal/mol. The relative energies of the cyclic and acyclic minima are remarkably insensitive to basis set and electron correlation effects, validating the results of previous low-level studies. The 2-bromoethyl cation does not exist as a minimum on the potential energy surface and spontaneously collapses to the bromonium ion upon torsion.
DOE Contract Number:
FG09-87ER13811
OSTI ID:
5757633
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Chemical Society; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society; (United States) Vol. 112:23; ISSN 0002-7863; ISSN JACSA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English