Additions and corrections


Benzocyclobutenone enolate: an anion with an antiaromatic resonance structure

Katherine M. Broadus and Steven R. Kass

J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, 1999, 2389


On page 2391, line 12, G°rxn should read +1.37 kcal mol-1 and not -1.42 kcal mol-1. As a result H°acid for benzocyclobutanone is 359.8 kcal mol-1 and not 360.3 kcal mol-1.

In eqn. (16), H°rxn = -7.4 ± 5 kcal mol-1 not -6.9 ± 5 kcal mol-1. Benzocyclobutenone is a stronger acid than cyclobutanone by 7.4 kcal mol-1 rather than 6.9 kcal mol-1 as originally reported.

In eqn. (17), H°rxn = -9.6 ± 3 kcal mol-1 not -10.1 ± 3 kcal mol-1. 1-Phenylpropan-2-one is more acidic than benzocyclobutenone by 9.6 ± 3 kcal mol-1 rather than 10.1 ± 3 kcal mol-1 as originally reported.

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