Visualisation of counter-rotating ring currents in kekulene

被引:58
作者
Steiner, E
Fowler, PW
Jenneskens, LW
Acocella, A
机构
[1] Univ Exeter, Sch Chem, Exeter EX4 4QD, Devon, England
[2] Univ Utrecht, Dept Phys Organ Chem, Debye Inst, NL-3584 CH Utrecht, Netherlands
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10.1039/b009763m
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O6 [化学];
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0703 ;
摘要
Current-density maps for kekulene 1 computed using an ab initio all-electron distributed-origin method show global diamagnetic and paramagnetic circulations around outer and inner perimeters ('rim' and 'hub'), subsuming six local benzenoid diamagnetic pi circulations, in qualitative agree ment with the Huckel-London pi model, but in contradiction of an [18]-in-[30] concentric-annulene description of 1.
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