Sánchez-Sanz G, Trujillo C, Rozas I, Alkorta I. Influence of fluoro and cyano substituents in the aromatic and antiaromatic characteristics of cyclooctatetraene.
Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015;
17:14961-71. [DOI:
10.1039/c5cp00876j]
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Abstract
An exhaustive and systematic study of the structural and electronic properties of cyclooctatetraene (COT) upon substitution of hydrogen atoms by fluoro and cyano groups has been carried out in order to analyse the influence of both substituents on the aromaticity.
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