Abstract

Doubly charged systems derived from fused benzenoid polycycles reveal an unquenched delocalization of 4 n π-electrons and hence are predicted to possess antiaromatic character. The magnitude of the paratropic 1H NMR chemical shifts, due solely to the paramagnetic secondary field sustained in these species, was found to depend linearly upon the magnitude of LUMO-HOMO energy gaps of the corresponding systems. The existence of such a correlation enables a comprehensive treatment of the various factors which determine the antiaromatic character and the subtle interrelations between those factors. This, in turn, leads to a deeper understanding of antiaromaticity.

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