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  2. Antiaromaticity - Wikipedia

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    The prototypical example of antiaromaticity, cyclobutadiene, is the subject of debate, with some scientists arguing that antiaromaticity is not a major factor contributing to its destabilization. [2] Cyclooctatetraene appears at first glance to be antiaromatic, but is an excellent example of a molecule adopting a non-planar geometry to avoid ...

  3. Hückel's rule - Wikipedia

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    Benzene, the most widely recognized aromatic compound with six delocalized π-electrons (4n + 2, for n = 1).. In organic chemistry, Hückel's rule predicts that a planar ring molecule will have aromatic properties if it has 4n + 2 π-electrons, where n is a non-negative integer.

  4. Aromatic ring current - Wikipedia

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    In this method, negative NICS values indicate aromaticity, and positive values indicate antiaromaticity. [6] [7] There are a variety of methods to calculate NICS values, however, the most robust method for calculating NICS values involves scanning the molecule in a NICSzz scan. In this process, the NICS value is calculated above the rings, and ...

  5. Baird's rule - Wikipedia

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    In organic chemistry, Baird's rule estimates whether the lowest triplet state of planar, cyclic structures will have aromatic properties or not. The quantum mechanical basis for its formulation was first worked out by physical chemist N. Colin Baird at the University of Western Ontario in 1972.

  6. Möbius aromaticity - Wikipedia

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    In contrast to the rarity of Möbius aromatic ground state molecular systems, there are many examples of pericyclic transition states that exhibit Möbius aromaticity. The classification of a pericyclic transition state as either Möbius or Hückel topology determines whether 4N or 4N + 2 electrons are required to make the transition state aromatic or antiaromatic, and therefore, allowed or ...

  7. Clar's rule - Wikipedia

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    In organic and physical organic chemistry, Clar's rule is an empirical rule that relates the chemical stability of a molecule to its aromaticity.It was introduced in 1972 by the Austrian organic chemist Erich Clar in his book The Aromatic Sextet.

  8. Frontier molecular orbital theory - Wikipedia

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    With respect to the third observation, primary consideration of the HOMO–LUMO interaction is justified by the fact that the largest contribution in the filled–unfilled interaction term of the Klopman-Salem equation comes from molecular orbitals r and s that are closest in energy (i.e., smallest E r − E s value). [2]

  9. Cauchy's equation - Wikipedia

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    The most general form of Cauchy's equation is = + + +,where n is the refractive index, λ is the wavelength, A, B, C, etc., are coefficients that can be determined for a material by fitting the equation to measured refractive indices at known wavelengths.