Issue 21, 2001
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Chemical Communications

Four- and two-electron rules for diatropic and paratropic ring currents in monocyclic π systems

Erich Steinera  and  Patrick W. Fowlera  

a School of Chemistry, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, UK
E-mail: P.W.Fowler@exeter.ac.uk; E.Steiner@exeter.ac.uk
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Abstract

The π ring current in an even-electron monocycle is dominated by the HOMO–LUMO transition, and hence corresponds to circulation of four electrons in a diatropic (4n + 2)-electron, but two in a paratropic (4n)-electron cycle.

Graphical abstract: Four- and two-electron rules for diatropic and paratropic ring currents in monocyclic π systems

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B104847N
Article type
Communication
Submitted
10 Jun 2001
Accepted
10 Sep 2001
First published
04 Oct 2001

Chem. Commun., 2001, 2220-2221

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Four- and two-electron rules for diatropic and paratropic ring currents in monocyclic π systems

E. Steiner and P. W. Fowler, Chem. Commun., 2001, 2220 DOI: 10.1039/B104847N

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