Consistent aromaticity evaluations of methylenecyclopropene analogues

Yan Wang, Israel Fernández, Matthew Duvall, Judy I.Chia Wu, Qianshu Li, Gernot Frenking, Paul Von Ragué Schleyer

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Abstract

Quantitative evaluations of the aromaticity (antiaromaticity) of neutral exocyclic substituted cyclopropenes (HC)2C=X (X = BH to InH (group 13), CH2 to SnH2 (group 14), NH to SbH (group 15), O to Te (group 16)) by their computed extra cyclic resonance energies (ECRE, via the block-localized wave function method) and by their aromatic stabilization energies (ASEs, via energy decomposition analyses) correlate satisfactorily (R2 = 0.974). Electronegative X-based substituents increase the aromaticity of the cyclopropene rings, whereas electropositive substituents have the opposite effect. For example, (HC)2C=O is the most aromatic (ECRE = 10.3 kcal/mol), and (HC)2C=InH is the most antiaromatic (ECRE = -15.0 kcal/mol). The most refined dissected nucleus-independent chemical shift magnetic aromaticity index, NICS(0)πzz, also agrees with both energetic indexes (R2 = 0.968, for ECRE; R2 = 0.974, for ASE), as do anisotropy of the induced current density plots.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8252-8257
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Organic Chemistry
Volume75
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Dec 2010
Externally publishedYes

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