Abstract
The ground-state electronic properties and electronic spectra of triafulvene, I, triafulvalene, II, calicene, III, heptatriafulvalene, IV, benzocalicene, V, and dibenzocalicene, VI, have been studied by the semiempirical SCF CI LCAO-π-MO method which allows for bond order-bond length correlation at each iteration. The dependence of the resonance integral on bond length is scrutinized by trying to reproduce the properties of the ground and excited states in a series of reference compounds. For the bonds in the cyclopropenyl ring a new bond order-bond length relationship is proposed which allows for the fact that their σ components are bent. The calculated dipole moment and bond lengths of III and the predicted electronic spectra of III, V, and VI are in good agreement with the available experimental data.
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