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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2016 Oct 13;138(42):13870–13873. doi: 10.1021/jacs.6b09628

Table 2.

Computed (DFT) geometric distortion of 2 vs. analogous benzynes lacking the TMS and/or having the electronegative NTs moiety replaced by a methylene group

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Angle (°) 2 2(-TMS) 2(CH2) 2(CH2-TMS)
∠a 114.8° 117.7° 120.8° 125.3°
∠.b 138.8° 136.0° 134.1° 129.9°
∠b–∠a 24.0° 18.3° 13.3° 4.6°