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Variation of polarizability in the [4n+2] annulene series: from [22]- to [66]-annulene.

Inmaculada García CuestaHenrik KochJosé Sánchez MarínAlfredo Sánchez De MerásThomas Bondo Pedersen

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Series (mathematics)ChemistryAb initioGeneral Physics and AstronomyAromaticityAnnuleneMolecular physicsMagnetic susceptibilityMeasure (mathematics)Nuclear magnetic resonancePolarizabilityPhysics::Atomic and Molecular ClustersTheoretical chemistryPhysics::Atomic PhysicsPhysics::Chemical PhysicsPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry

description

Using correlated ab initio methods, the polarizability of large [4n + 2]-annulenes is determined, showing that there exists an almost linear relation between the exaltation of magnetic susceptibility (a measure of aromaticity) and an equivalent enlargement of polarizability.

10.1039/b713459bhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18174977