Can substituted cyclopentadiene become aromatic or antiaromatic?

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2745-2751

  Stanger, Amnon ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aromaticity; Cyclopentadienes; Density functional calculations; NICS scan; Stabilization

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; DIAMAGNETISM; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; PARAMAGNETISM;

ANTIAROMATIC DESTABILIZATION; AROMATIC STABILIZATION; CYCLOPENTADIENE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; DIAMAGNETIC RING CURRENT; ELECTROPOSITIVE; ENERGETIC EFFECTS; NUCLEUS-INDEPENDENT CHEMICAL SHIFT (NICS);

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33645313206     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200501090     Document Type: Article

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