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Clar's rule states that for a benzenoid polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (i.e. one with only hexagonal rings), the resonance structure with the largest number of disjoint aromatic π-sextets is the most important to characterize its chemical and physical properties.
According to Clar's rule, [20] the resonance structure of a PAH that has the largest number of disjoint aromatic pi sextets—i.e. benzene-like moieties—is the most important for the characterization of the properties of that PAH. [21] Benzene-substructure resonance analysis for Clar's rule
One traditional explanation is given by Clar's rule. QTAIM shows that a calculated stabilization of 8 kcal/mol (33 kJ/mol) for phenanthrene is the result of destabilization of the compound by 8 kcal/mol (33 kJ/mol) originating from electron transfer from carbon to hydrogen, offset by 12.1 kcal (51 kJ/mol) of stabilization due to a H...H bond path.
Two different resonance forms of benzene (top) combine to produce an average structure (bottom). In organic chemistry, aromaticity is a chemical property describing the way in which a conjugated ring of unsaturated bonds, lone pairs, or empty orbitals exhibits a stabilization stronger than would be expected by the stabilization of conjugation alone.
Erich Clar (23 August 1902 – 27 March 1987) was an Austrian organic chemist, born in Hřensko, who studied polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon chemistry. He is considered as the father of that field. [ 1 ]
Diagrams such as this are always artificial representations -bonds as connecting lines don't exist anyway. Drawing the different resonance forms is a way to illustrate to the student why the electron density is in fact the same everywhere, but of course, no bond-flipping actually takes place -the electrons simply distribute equally.
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Triangulene (also known as Clar's hydrocarbon) is the smallest triplet-ground-state polybenzenoid. [1] It exists as a biradical with the chemical formula C 22 H 12. [2] It was first hypothesized by Czech chemist Erich Clar in 1953. [3]