Abstract
A new two-dimensional classification of singlet carbenes based on the difference in reactivity of their insertion reactions into the C-H bonds of acetonitrile and isobutane is presented. This classification combines the stability and the philicity of divalent species. Until now all of the experimentally based philicity scales are based on the addition to alkenes. Moreover, a new terminology for describing the reactivity of carbenes is introduced. Among the alkyl carbenes, acetyl carbene (2) and cyclopentadienylidene are shown as highly reactive electrophilic carbenes, whereas the other alkylidenes and alkenylidenes investigated are all less active than 2 and more nucleophilic. The stabilized-nucleophilic bicyclo[2.1.1]hex-2-en-5-ylidene (13) possesses a stability similar to that of cyclic alkyl amino carbene (CAAC) 18 and aminophosphoniocarbene 7. Strong hydrogen bridging is found between a C-H bond of acetonitrile and the nucleophilic carbenes 13 and 14.
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