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Molecular Structure and Spectroscopic Properties of Kekulene
Author(s) -
Krieger Claus,
Diederich Francois,
Schweitzer Dieter,
Staab Heinz A.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.197906991
Subject(s) - ring (chemistry) , chemistry , crystallography , organic chemistry
Considerable bond localization has been detected in kekulene (1) by X‐ray structure analysis: only every second ring is “aromatic”. This initially surprising result is in accord with various spectroscopic properties of (1) .