Aromaticity of strongly bent benzene rings: persistence of a diatropic ring current and its shielding cone in [5]paracyclophane.

Autor: Jenneskens LW; Organic Chemistry & Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands. l.w.jenneskens@uu.nl, Havenith RW, Soncini A, Fowler PW
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP [Phys Chem Chem Phys] 2011 Oct 06; Vol. 13 (37), pp. 16861-6. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Aug 23.
DOI: 10.1039/c1cp21950b
Abstrakt: Direct evaluation of the induced π current density in [5]paracyclophane (1) shows that, despite the significant non-planarity (α = 23.2°) enforced by the pentamethylene bridge, there is only a modest (ca. 17%) reduction in the π ring current, justifying the use of shielding-cone arguments for the assignment of (1)H NMR chemical shifts of 1 and the claim that the non-planar benzene ring in 1 retains its aromaticity (on the magnetic criterion).
Databáze: MEDLINE