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The role of σ and π stabilization in benzene, allyl cation and allyl anion. A canonical orbital energy derivative study

✍ Scribed by Alberto Gobbi; Yukio Yamaguchi; Gernot Frenking; Henry F. Schaefer III


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1995
Tongue
English
Weight
347 KB
Volume
244
Category
Article
ISSN
0009-2614

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✦ Synopsis


The orbital energy second derivatives with respect to the CC asymmetric stretching mode of benzene, allyl cation and allyl anion show unambigiously that the ~r orbitals are unstable with respect to a distorted geometry with alternating CC bonds. It is the cr frame which enforces the D6h form of benzene and the C2v form of the allyl cation and allyl anion.