I have a reaction in which an intermediate is having a negative charge on oxygen. when i located the TS and i did IRC i got an intermediate in which the oxygen which should have negative charge has formed double bond with adjacent carbon and that carbon shows pentavalency,,,is it possible in case of intermediates.
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pentavalency of carbon is generally deadly impossible.
Using X-Ray to Investigate the Possibility of a Pentavalent Carbon Intermediate, Preliminary X-ray analysis of molecules that have been designed to favor a carbon with five bonds seemed to suggest the possibility of a pentavalent intermediate in SN2 reactions .
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