A Hückel-Level Kinetic-Stability-Based Approach to Aromaticity: Cyclic Even Alternant Hydrocarbons

Richard F. Langler

doi:10.1071/CH07216

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A Hückel-Level Kinetic-Stability-Based Approach to Aromaticity: Cyclic Even Alternant Hydrocarbons

Richard F. Langler ^A

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^A Department of Chemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, E4L 1G8, Canada. Email: rlangler@mta.ca

Australian Journal of Chemistry 61(1) 16-25 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH07216
Submitted: 25 June 2007 Accepted: 1 November 2007 Published: 18 January 2008

Abstract

A graph-theoretical procedure is described that relates Hückel-level expectations for the kinetic stabilities of even, alternant hydrocarbons to their Lewis structures. New parameters A_c and T are developed. A universal kinetic-stability-based standard is proposed for classifying alternant hydrocarbons as aromatic, non-aromatic, or anti-aromatic.

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A Hückel-Level Kinetic-Stability-Based Approach to Aromaticity: Cyclic Even Alternant Hydrocarbons

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