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Norcorrole as a Delocalized, Antiaromatic System.

ABSTRACT: Nickel norcorrole provides an unusual example of a molecule that is strongly antiaromatic according to the magnetic criterion, but which exhibits, according to high-quality DFT calculations, a symmetric, delocalized structure with no difference in bond length between adjacent Cmeso-C? bonds. A fragment molecular orbital analysis suggests that these discordant observations are a manifestation of the high stability of the dipyrrin fragments, which retain their electronic and structural integrity even as part of the norcorrole ring system.

SUBMITTER: Conradie J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6425022 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Norcorrole as a Delocalized, Antiaromatic System.

Conradie Jeanet J Foroutan-Nejad Cina C Ghosh Abhik A

Scientific reports 20190319 1

Nickel norcorrole provides an unusual example of a molecule that is strongly antiaromatic according to the magnetic criterion, but which exhibits, according to high-quality DFT calculations, a symmetric, delocalized structure with no difference in bond length between adjacent C<sub>meso</sub>-C<sub>α</sub> bonds. A fragment molecular orbital analysis suggests that these discordant observations are a manifestation of the high stability of the dipyrrin fragments, which retain their electronic and ...[more]

PMID: 30890733

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Norcorrole as a Delocalized, Antiaromatic System.

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Norcorrole as a Delocalized, Antiaromatic System.

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