New Carbocations--From Physical Organic Chemistry to Biochemistry

摘要

Carbocations are an important class of reactive intermediates in organic chemistry along with radicals, carbanions, and carbencs. The 1994 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to George A. Olah, the pioneer in the area of physical chemical investigations of Carbocations, for the development of methods for the preparation of stable solutions of Carbocations and their NMR spectroscopic investigation. In this highlight, four interesting new publications are discussed, which illustrate intriguing aspectsof modern carbocation chemistry. Carbocations are not only important in physical organic chemistry, but also in crystal engineering, organometallic chemistry, and biochemistry.