Aromaticity: The the alternating C-C bond length structures of [14]-, [18]- and [22]annulene

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 43, Issue 32, 2004, Pages 4200-4206

  Wannere, Chaitanya S ^a   Sattelmeyer, Kurt W ^a   Schaefer III, Henry F ^a   Schleyer, Paul Von Ragué ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Annulenes; Aromaticity; Density functional calculations; NMR spectroscopy; Structure elucidation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHEMICAL BONDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

BOND LENGTH; CHEMICAL SHIFTS; ENERGY COMPUTATION;

BENZENE;

ANNULENE DERIVATIVE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 4644338165     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200454188     Document Type: Article

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