The ethyl, 1- and 2-propyl, and other simple alkyl “carbanions” do not exist

Efficient diffuse function‐augmented basis sets for anion calculations. III. The 3‐21+G basis set for first‐row elements, Li–F

1983 • 6,550 citations

Hydrocarbon Bond Dissociation Energies

1982 • 1,961 citations

X-Ray Structural Analyses of Organolithium Compounds

1985 • 536 citations

The importance of negative (anionic) hyperconjugation

1983 • 324 citations

Efficient and accurate calculation of anion proton affinities

1981 • 280 citations

Stabilization of methyl anions by first‐row substituents. The superiority of diffuse function‐augmented basis sets for anion calculations

1982 • 258 citations

An experimental determination of the geometry and electron affinity of methyl radical

1978 • 224 citations

The stability of alkyl radicals

1985 • 182 citations

Remarkable structures of lithium compounds

1984 • 177 citations

Do anomeric effects involving the second-row substituents, chlorine, mercapto, and phosphino exist? Stabilization energies and structural preferences

1985 • 148 citations

Ab initio mechanisms for the addition of methyllithium, lithium hydride, and their dimers to formaldehyde

1985 • 131 citations

Lithium synthetic reagents: dimerization and intramolecular association. Double bridging in "dianions"

1983 • 114 citations

Relative gas-phase acidities of the alkanes

1984 • 108 citations

C3H5- isomers. Experimental and theoretical studies of tautomeric propenyl ions and the cyclopropyl anion in the gas phase

1986 • 57 citations

Unimolecular decompositions of gas-phase alkoxide anions

1984 • 50 citations

On the structure of the allyl anion

1985 • 43 citations

Insertion reaction of a nucleophilic carbene. A molecular orbital theoretical study

1978 • 42 citations

An ab initio and ion cyclotron resonance study of the reactions between alkoxide negative ions and silane systems. Stable adduct formation, and nucleophilic displacement reactions

1981 • 31 citations

Intrinsic and equilibrium NMR isotope shift evidence for negative hyperconjugation

1986 • 31 citations

Structures and energies of C3H3Li isomers. Polar organometallic models for cyclopropenyl anions

1986 • 30 citations

Small carbanions and their parent neutral systems in the multiconfigurational SCF + CI approach

1986 • 27 citations

A theoretical study of ?-substituted isopropyl and cyclopropyl anions

1983 • 24 citations

A Theoretical investigation of the properties of carbocations and carbanions

1985 • 21 citations