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S7I1+: The largest anomeric effect exhibited by sulfur.

Wednesday, May 21st, 2025

In this series of posts about the electronic effects in small sulfur rings[1] I have explored increasingly large induced geometric effects. Here is the largest so far, for the compound S7I1+[2]

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References

  1. H. Rzepa, "5-Imino-5λ<sup>4</sup>-heptathiepane 3-oxide. More exuberent anomeric effects.", 2025. https://doi.org/10.59350/rzepa.28615
  2. J. Passmore, G. Sutherland, P. Taylor, T.K. Whidden, and P.S. White, "Preparations and x-ray crystal structures of iodo-cyclo-heptasulfur hexafluoroantimonate(V) and hexafluoroarsenate(V), S7ISbF6 and S7IAsF6", Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 20, pp. 3839-3845, 1981. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic50225a048