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O+H: High barriers to isomerization Contrary to a recent report, the ‘perpendicular’ hydroxymethyl cation (3) is not responsible for the high isomerization barrier between ‘CH3O+’(better described as H2·HCO+, a loose hydrogen–formyl cation complex) and CH2O+H (protonated formaldehyde).
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O+H: High barriers to isomerization
P. V. R. Schleyer, E. D. Jemmis and J. A. Pople, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1978, 190 DOI: 10.1039/C39780000190
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