The 2-norbornyl cation is a -complex, not a -bridged, nonclassical species: an AIM study.

Nick H. Werstiuk and Heidi M. Muchall

The 2-norbornyl cation is not a nonclassical, -bridged species but a -complex. This was revealed in a new atoms in molecules (AIM) study of the topology of its charge density. Similarly, there is nothing nonclassical about the 2-bicyclo[2.2.2]octyl cation.