Measuring aromaticity with the dimethyldihydropyrene ring current probe. experimental and computational studies of the fulvenes and the strongly antiaromatic cyclopentadienone reveal large mills-nixon-type Bond localization effects. synthesis of fulvene-fused dihydropyrenes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 189-199

  Mitchell, Reginald H ^a   Zhang, Rui ^a   Berg, David J ^a   Twamley, Brendan ^b   Williams, Richard Vaughan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNULENE; AROMATICITY; BENZENE RING; BOND ALTERNATION; BOND LOCALIZATION; CINNAMIC ACIDS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CYCLOPENTADIENE; CYCLOPENTENONE; DIASTEREOMERIC; FULVENE; IMPROVED SYNTHETIC ROUTE; NUCLEUS-INDEPENDENT CHEMICAL SHIFTS; RING CURRENTS; X-RAY STRUCTURE;

BENZENE; CHEMICAL SHIFT; KETONES; OLEFINS;

BOND LENGTH;

ANNULENE DERIVATIVE; BENZENE; CINNAMIC ACID; CYCLOPENTADIENE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPENTENONE; FORMALDEHYDE; KETONE; METHYL GROUP; PHENYL GROUP; PYRENE DERIVATIVE;

AROMA; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTAL; CYCLIZATION; DIASTEREOISOMER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REDUCTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS; WITTIG REACTION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 67849107986     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja806427n     Document Type: Article

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