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      Identification of carbonium and carbenium ions by QTAIM

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          The Gassman-Fentiman tool of increasing electron demand was used to identify carbonium and carbenium ions. Nonetheless, due to its ambiguous understanding, it was pivot of a historical dispute. We applied the Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules (QTAIM) metodology to characterize the carbonium and carbenium ions on an easier and more effective way. By comparing selected topological information of reference carbenium ions the QTAIM metodology can be used to evaluate whether a carbocation is classical or not. In addition, it is possible to rank a set of carbonium ions in order of their corresponding σ or π delocalization. There are few differences between our QTAIM-based model and Gassman-Fentiman tool. Unlike Gassman-Fentiman tool results, 7-anisyl-7-norbornenyl and 2-anisyl-2-norbornyl cations are non-classical, although they are the least nonclassical ions in their corresponding set of studied cations.

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          A ferramenta de Gassman-Fentiman da demanda crescente de elétrons foi usada para identificar íons carbênios e íons carbônios. Contudo, devido ao seu entendimento ambíguo, ela foi pivô de uma disputa histórica. Nós aplicamos a metodologia da Teoria Quântica de Átomos em Moléculas - QTAIM - para caracterizar íons carbênios e íons carbônios de uma forma mais eficaz e mais fácil. Essa metodologia pode ser usada para avaliar se um carbocátion é clássico ou não. Além disso, é possível classificar um conjunto de íon carbônio na ordem de magnitude da deslocalização σ, ou π. Há poucas diferenças entre os resultados de nosso modelo baseado na QTAIM e da ferramenta de Gassman-Fentiman. Contudo, diferentemente da ferramenta de Gassman-Fentiman, os cátions 7-anisol-7-norbornenila e 2-anisol-2-norbornila são não-clássicos, embora sejam os menos íons não-clássicos em seus conjuntos correspondentes de cátions estudados.

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                Journal
                jbchs
                Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society
                J. Braz. Chem. Soc.
                Sociedade Brasileira de Química (São Paulo, SP, Brazil )
                0103-5053
                1678-4790
                2009
                : 20
                : 3
                : 543-548
                Affiliations
                [01] Rio de Janeiro RJ orgnameUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro orgdiv1Instituto de Química Brazil
                Article
                S0103-50532009000300020 S0103-5053(09)02000320
                10.1590/S0103-50532009000300020
                d1cbddcf-3c35-417d-b5b1-328b7f543470

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 06 March 2009
                : 26 May 2008
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 61, Pages: 6
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                QTAIM,carbonium ion,carbenium ion,norbornyl cation,norbornenyl cation

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