Abstract
Quenching/survival of ring currents in π-clamped conjugated monocycles is controlled by the match or mismatch in parity between the frontier orbitals of the central π-conjugated 4n+2/4n monocycle and those of the clamps. Changes in ring current are not primarily caused by bond alternation or ‘Mills–Nixon’ effects; current and geometry changes on clamping are both consequences of electronic structure.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1281-1286 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry |
| Volume | 2004 |
| Issue number | 9 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2004 |