The title carbanions (2a– and 3a–) have been synthesized and found to be extremely stable as shown by Eox–0.20 and –0.33 V and pKa values of 3.3 and 4.7 for their conjugate acid hydrocarbons, respectively, and 2a– is almost identically stable to the most stable all-hydrocarbon anion.
T. Kinoshita, H. Kimura, I. Nakajima, S. Tsuji and K. Takeuchi, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, 1994, 165 DOI: 10.1039/P29940000165
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