Theoretical analysis of [5.5.6]cyclacenes : : electronic properties, strain energies and substituent effects

Abstract: A novel class of cyclic conjugated molecules, composed of annelated five- and six-membered rings, is proposed and theoretically investigated using density functional theory and multireference methods with regards to their structures, strain energies, aromaticity (NICS values), electronic ground states, band gaps, and the effect of substituents. These [5.5.6]ncyclacenes are predicted to be low band gap materials (below 1 eV) with, depending on their size, closed-shell singlet ground states. The strain energies from n = 4 upwards lie in the range of the synthetically known [n]cycloparaphenylenes. An investigation of the effect of rim-substitution by methyl, alkynyl, thiomethyl or phenyl groups on the electronic ground states showed that thiomethyl-substitution leads to [5.5.6]ncyclacenes with closed-shell singlet ground states for all sizes n investigated

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Physical chemistry, chemical physics. 17 (2015), 7366-7372, doi 10.1039/c5cp00341e, issn: 1463-9084 ; IN COPYRIGHT http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0 rs

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Chemie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Freiburg
• (who): Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
• (when): 2015
• Creator: Esser, Birgit
• Contributor: Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie ; Institut für Organische Chemie ; Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

Further information

• DOI: 10.1039/C5CP00341E
• URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-118158
• Rights: Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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