Perimeter effects on ring currents in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Circumcoronene and two hexabenzocoronenes

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2974-2981

  Soncini, Alessandro ^a   Steiner, Erich ^a   Fowler, Patrick W ^a   Havenith, Remco W A ^a,b   Jenneskens, Leonardus W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arenes; Aromacity; NMR spectroscopy; Ring currents

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CURRENT DENSITY; PARAMAGNETISM;

PERIMETER EFFECTS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BENZENE; CIRCUMCORONENE; HEXABENZOCORONENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PERIMETER;

EID: 0042808729     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200204183     Document Type: Article

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