66093-78-5Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Bond fixation in a [14]annulene: Synthesis, characterization, and ab initio computations of furan adducts of dimethyldihydropyrene
Mitchell, Reginald H.,Chen, Yongsheng,Iyer, Vivekanantan S.,Lau, Danny Y. K.,Baldridge, Kim K.,Siegel, Jay S.
, p. 2907 - 2911 (1996)
Furan adducts, 13, 15, and 16, of dimethyldihydropyrene are prepared in order to test the postulate that bicyclic annelations are generally effective at inducing bond localization in aromatic systems. A large 2-ppm downfield shift of the 1H NMR shifts of the internal methyl signals in 15 compared to 16 provides a significant indicator of bond localization in 15. X-ray diffraction analysis of 13 displays regular bond length alternation. Ab initio computations that do not include dynamic electron correlation are found to be inadequate for modeling the molecular structure of 1. Density Functional Theory models 1 well and predicts bond localization in derivatives of 1 consistent with the observed NMR spectroscopic and X-ray diffraction results.
Toward the Understanding of Benzannelated Annulenes: Synthesis and Properties of an - and -Ring Dibenzannelated Dihydropyrenes
Mitchell, Reginald H.,Williams, Richard Vaughan,Dingle, Thomas W.
, p. 2560 - 2571 (2007/10/02)
The dibenzannelated - and dihydropyrenes 5 and 7 and dimethyldihydropyrenes 4 and 6 were synthesized from 1,3-bis- and pyrene.The dimethyldihydropyrenes 4 and 6 are relatively stable and their diatropicities are discussed in relation to each other and to other benzannulenes in terms of Kekule structures and bond order calculations.It is shown that transoid fusion of the benzene rings on the annulene only somewhat perturbs the diatropicity of the annulene, whereas cisoid fusion strongly localizes the annulene macroring.Annulenes such as 6 which have transoid-fused benzenoid rings are also shown to display radicaloid properties.
