Double fjord motif in overcrowded large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: The conformational space of hexabenzo[a,cd,f,j,lm,o]perylene

Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 295-310

  Marom, Hili ^a   Pogodin, Sergey ^a   Agranat, Israel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aromaticity; Bistricyclic aromatic enes; Chiral; Clar formula; DFT; Enantiomerization

Indexed keywords

AROMATIZATION; CHEMICAL SHIFT; CONFORMATIONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

AROMATICITIES; B3LYP/6-31G; BISTRICYCLIC AROMATIC ENES; CHIRAL; CLAR FORMULA; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL-THEORY; ENANTIOMERIZATION; ENERGY; PERYLENES; TRANSITION STATE;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 34548358648     PISSN: 10406638     EISSN: 15635333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10406630701481049     Document Type: Article

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