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Non-intersecting ring currents in [12]infinitene†
Mesías Orozco-Ic,Dage Sundholm
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Pub Date : 03/03/2022 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/D2CP00637E
Abstract

The aromaticity of the newly synthesized [12]infinitene is addressed via analysis of the magnetically induced current density and the induced magnetic field. Our calculations reveal that [12]infinitene responds to an external magnetic field by creating two current-density pathways that flow diatropically along the edges of the molecule. The current-density pathways do not intersect. The entire structure is completely shielded suggesting that the infinitene molecule is aromatic, contrary to what the Möbius rule for twisted annulene structures predicts. We also studied the dication of [12]infinitene, which sustains two paratropic ring currents flowing along the edges. The space between the stacked rings at the crossing point is shorter for the dication as compared to the neutral molecule. Hence, a strong through-space current density appears at the crossing point of π–π stacked rings.

Graphical abstract: Non-intersecting ring currents in [12]infinitene
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