Global and Local Aromaticity in Porphyrins: An Analysis Based on Molecular Geometries and Nucleus-Independent Chemical Shifts

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 177-180

  Cyrañski, Michatl K ^a   Krygowski, Tadeusz M ^a   Wisiorowski, Marcin ^a   Van Eikema Hommes, Nicolaas J R ^b   Von Ragué Schleyer, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Annulenes; Aromaticity; Density functional calculations; Porphyrinoids

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031930407     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19980202)37:1/2<177::AID-ANIE177>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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