One–electron oxidation of the radical cation of tetrakis(bicyclo[2.2.2]octeno)cyclooctateraene with SbF5 gives the corresponding dication, a tub-shaped eight-membered ring, which rapidly inverts with an energy barrier of 10.8 ± 0.7 kcal mol–1.
T. Nishinaga, K. Komatsu and N. Sugita, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1994, 2319 DOI: 10.1039/C39940002319
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