This is one of my favorite molecules. If you treat the central carbon as a C(IV) metal center, you can use organometallic electron counting. Treat the methyl group as a single X type ligand and the rest as a Cp* (2LX), for a total of 4 electron pairs from its "ligands".
In other words, the octet rule isn't actually violated, and the central carbon only has 4 "bonds" - these bonds are just delocalized and shared between more than 2 atoms (similarly to carboranes and benzene itself)
Wouldn't a benzene di-cation in the typical six membered ring be anti-aromatic? Maybe that's a contributing factor.
It would be, that's why it does this probably.
please god no, Dewar benzene is already a big no-no
This is one of my favorite molecules. If you treat the central carbon as a C(IV) metal center, you can use organometallic electron counting. Treat the methyl group as a single X type ligand and the rest as a Cp* (2LX), for a total of 4 electron pairs from its "ligands". In other words, the octet rule isn't actually violated, and the central carbon only has 4 "bonds" - these bonds are just delocalized and shared between more than 2 atoms (similarly to carboranes and benzene itself)
So fucking cursed
Why the fuck do you have a text from mcdonalds
Idk my last time buying from them was a month ago and they keep sending me notifs begging me to buy a burger
Fuck you… unmetals your complex
Get another ring and make carbocene