Issue 17, 2016

An electronic aromaticity index for large rings

Abstract

We introduce a new electronic aromaticity index, AV1245, consisting of an average of the 4-center multicenter indices (MCI) along the ring that keeps a positional relationship of 1, 2, 4, 5. AV1245 measures the extent of transferability of the delocalized electrons between bonds 1–2 and 4–5, which is expected to be large in conjugated circuits and, therefore, in aromatic molecules. A new algorithm for the calculation of MCI for large rings is also introduced and used to produce the data for the calibration of the new aromaticity index. AV1245 does not rely on reference values, does not suffer from large numerical precision errors, and it does not present any limitation on the nature of atoms, the molecular geometry or the level of calculation. It is a size-extensive measure with low computational cost that grows linearly with the number of ring members. Therefore, it is especially suitable to study the aromaticity of large molecular rings such as those occurring in belt-shaped Möbius structures or porphyrins. The analysis of AV1245 in free-base and bis-metalated Pd [32]octaphyrins(1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0) completes this study.

Graphical abstract: An electronic aromaticity index for large rings

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 1 2016
Accepted
01 2 2016
First published
04 2 2016

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016,18, 11839-11846

An electronic aromaticity index for large rings

E. Matito, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016, 18, 11839 DOI: 10.1039/C6CP00636A

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