Growth Of Doubly Ionized C,H,N Compounds in the Presence of Methane

Abstract

The molecular dications C6H5N2+ generated via dissociative double ionization of 2- and 4-picoline, respectively, react with methane to form the C−C coupled products C7H7N2+ concomitant with liberation of molecular hydrogen.

Keywords

• C-C coupling
• dications
• methane activation
• superelectrophiles