title: De-aromatizing phosphole.
abstract: Quantum-chemical DFT calculations using the B3LYP functionals have been carried out for 1-R-substitued phospholes and some 1-R-substitued 3,4-dimethylphospholes where R = H, Me, Ph, CN, OH, OMe, F, Cl, and Br. The aromaticity of the phospholyl rings is interpreted as a function of geometric, magnetic, and energetic indexes. It is shown, in agreement with previous experimental results, that phosphole aromaticity does not correlate with pyramidality at phosphorus. Variation of hyperconjugative and, to a lesser extent, conjugative effects is responsible for the change in cyclic delocalization for the phospholes studied here.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Hétéroéléments et Coordination UMR CNRS 7653, DCPH, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mattmann
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mathey
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sevin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Frison