Carbenes are molecules that contain a neutral carbon bonded to only three atoms resulting in a pair of non-bonded valence electrons. This produces an interesting reactivity between the carbon and electron donating atoms. When these carbenes are paired with an amide anion or carboxylic acid anion on the same molecule, a three-membered ring can be observed using computer modeling techniques.1 This research focuses on which substituents and ligands encourage the carbene to form these three membered rings. 1.Tomioka H.; Hirai K.; Tabayashi K.; Murata S.;Izawa Y.; Inagaki S.; Okajima T. J. Am. Chem. Soc, 1990, 112, 7692-7702

Characterization of carbene intramolecular reactivity with various substituents through computer modeling

249th National Meeting (2015)

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