A diatropic ring current in a fluorofullerene trannulene.
Ipsocentric current-density maps for a fluorofullerene derivative, C60F15H3, modelling the addition pattern of the experimentally characterised C60F15[CBr(CO2Et)2]3 which contains an [18]trans-annulene system, reveal a diamagnetic ring current dominated by the contribution of the four HOMO electrons, as in a classical (4n + 2) aromatic annulene.
Burley
Glenn A
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University of Sussex, School of Chemistry, Physics & Environmental Science, Brighton, UK BN1 9Q.
Fowler
Patrick W
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Soncini
Alessandro
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Sandall
John P B
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Taylor
Roger
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