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Structural Chemistry · SURF Student
Kyler Williams
Caltech
Research focus
Diffraction data processing pipelines.
Publications
- 2024Main Group-Catalyzed Cationic Claisen Rearrangements via Vinyl CarbocationsOrg. Lett.
- 2024High-throughput Identification of Crystalline Natural Products from Crude Extracts Enabled by Microarray Technology and MicroEDACS Cent. Sci.
- 2023α-Vinylation of Ester Equivalents via Main Group Catalysis for the Construction of Quaternary CentersOrg. Lett.
- 2022Catalytic asymmetric C–H insertion reactions of vinyl carbocationsScience
- 2019Vinyl Carbocations Generated under Basic Conditions and Their Intramolecular C–H Insertion ReactionsJ. Am. Chem. Soc.
DFT geometry
2-Aryl vinyl cation
A dicoordinated, sp-hybridised carbocation. The 180° angle at the cationic carbon is what makes it hungry enough to insert into unactivated C–H bonds.
C 10120.1 g/mol