Rogue Scholar

Published October 31, 2016 in Henry Rzepa's Blog

Is asking a question such as “what is the smallest angle subtended at a chain of three connected 4-coordinate carbon atoms” just seeking another chemical record, or could it unearth interesting chemistry?

References

Colloid and Surface ChemistryBiochemistryGeneral ChemistryCatalysis

The Cope rearrangement of 1,5-dimethylsemibullvalene-2,6- and 3,7-dicarbonitriles in the solid state

https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00186a064

Published February 1, 1989 in Journal of the American Chemical Society

Authors Lloyd M. Jackman, A. Benesi, A. Mayer, H. Quast, E. M. Peters, K. Peters, H. G. Von Schnering

The smallest C-C-C angle?

References

The Cope rearrangement of 1,5-dimethylsemibullvalene-2,6- and 3,7-dicarbonitriles in the solid state