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Stabilization of benzene versus oligoacetylenes: not another scale for aromaticity
Author(s) -
Baldridge Kim K.,
Siegel Jay S.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of physical organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.325
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1395
pISSN - 0894-3230
DOI - 10.1002/poc.819
Subject(s) - aromaticity , chemistry , benzene , conjugated system , computational chemistry , perspective (graphical) , benzene derivatives , scale (ratio) , organic chemistry , molecule , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , biochemistry , chemical synthesis , computer science , in vitro , polymer , physics
The energies of a number of oligoacetylenes are compared in a homodesmic reaction with benzene. Assessment of the open vs closed form of a conjugated triene is presented along with a perspective on the pursuit of quantitative scales for ‘aromaticity’. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.