The model carbenoid, CH2FLi, is indicated by ab initio molecular orbital calculations to have a peculiar umbrella shaped (‘inverted carbon’) structure and CH2Li+ F– ion pair character; metallocarbenium ions may thus be the reactive species in carbenoid reactions.
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