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Chem Commun (Camb). 2002 Mar 21;(6):642-3. doi: 10.1039/b110626k.

The aromaticity and Möbius characteristics of carbeno[8]heteroannulenes and triplet state annulenes.

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)

Christian J Kastrup, Steven P Oldfield, Henry S Rzepa

Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemistry, Imperial College, London, UK SW7 2AY.

PMID: 12120163 DOI: 10.1039/b110626k

Abstract

Two types of annulene which may show significant Möbius aromatic character and bond and twist delocalisation are proposed; triplet states with 4n + 2 occupancy of the p pi array of atomic orbitals and a novel 8-pi carbeno[8]heteroannulene ring system 1 where the Hückel highly antiaromatic nature as a planar system can be attenuated or even reversed by the C2 symmetric Möbius distortion.

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