Are the Dmh symmetric Hxq rings with 4n + 2 σ-electrons and hydrogen clusters aromatic?

Journal of Physical Chemistry

Volumn 100, Issue 30, 1996, Pages 12299-12304

  Jiao, Haijun ^a   Von Ragué Schleyer, Paul ^a   Glukhovtsev, Mikhail N ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; HYDROGEN; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

AROMATICITY; HYDROGEN CLUSTERS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SYMMETRIC RINGS; TRANSITION STRUCTURES;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0030197712     PISSN: 00223654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp961031c     Document Type: Article

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