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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2025

The Pentafluorophenyl Cation: A Superelectrophile and Diradical.

Enrique Mendez-Vega, Adrián Portela-González, Ginny Karir, Patrick Hemberger, Wolfram Sander

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. The Pentafluorophenyl Cation: A Superelectrophile and Diradical.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Enrique Mendez-VegaLehrstuhl für Organische Chemie II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5833-8520
Adrián Portela-GonzálezLehrstuhl für Organische Chemie II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9859-4043
Ginny KarirLehrstuhl für Organische Chemie II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8896-9454
Patrick HembergerLaboratory for Synchrotron Radiation and Femtochemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Villigen, CH-5232, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1251-4549
Wolfram SanderLehrstuhl für Organische Chemie II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1640-7505

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 390677874
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report the first direct observation of the pentafluorophenyl cation in the gas phase via vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photoionization (PI) of the thermally generated pentafluorophenyl radical. The reactive intermediates and stable reaction products were characterized utilizing photoelectron photoion coincidence (PEPICO) spectroscopy with synchrotron radiation. Electron removal from the pentafluorophenyl radical yields the cation with an adiabatic ionization energy (AIE) of 9.84 ± 0.02 eV. Threshold photoelectron spectra combined with high-level ab-initio calculations show that the cation is described as a π

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CarbocationsFragmentationIonizationPyrolysisRadicals

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PMID40790956
PMCPMC12455445

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