| Literature DB >> 24453134 |
Franziska Scholz1, Daniel Himmel, Lea Eisele, Wiebke Unkrig, Ingo Krossing.
Abstract
Crystalline and properly ordered protonated benzene as the [C6 H7 ](+) [Al2 Br7 ](-) ⋅(C6 H6 ) salt 1 are obtained by the combination of solid AlBr3 , benzene, and HBr gas. Compound 1 was characterized and verified by NMR, Raman and X-Ray spectroscopy. This unexpected simple and straight forward access shows that HBr/AlBr3 is an underestimated superacid that should be used more frequently.Entities:
Keywords: arene; carbocation; protonation; superacid; weakly coordinating anions
Year: 2014 PMID: 24453134 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201308120
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ISSN: 1433-7851 Impact factor: 15.336