Analysis uncovers mild hypervalent character in diazomethanes with respect to carbon, suggesting broader implications.
Recollect the suggestion that diazomethane has hypervalent character. When I looked into this, I came to the conclusion that it probably was mildly hypervalent, but on carbon and not nitrogen. Here I try some variations with substituents to see what light if any this casts.
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