Is free cyclooctatetraene dianion an aromatic system? A quantum chemistry study

Chinese Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1914-1918

  Cao, Tingting ^a   Ma, Yipei ^a   Yan, Xiuhua ^b   Cheng, Jiagao ^c   Luo, Youhua ^a   He, Liming ^a   Zhu, Weiliang ^a,b  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^c EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aromaticity; Cyclooctatetraene; Dianion; HOMA; NICS

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649329313     PISSN: 1001604X     EISSN: 16147065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.200990321     Document Type: Article

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