While briefly reviewing how the concepts of strictly pericondensed, strain-free, Clar's aromatic sextet, and symmetry are interconnected in the topological correspondence between strictly pericondensed and total resonant sextet (TRS) benzenoid hydrocarbons, new structural correlations in isomer numbers, symmetry distributions, and empty rings between various strain-free TRS benzenoids made up o...

The phenomenon of resonance amongst a set of different classical chemical structures entails at an elementary level the enumeration of these resonance structures, corresponding (in benzenoid molecules) to perfect matchings of the underlying molecular (n-network) graph. This enumeration is analytically performed here for the finite-sized elemental benzenoid graphs corresponding to hexagonal cove...

A large fraction (30 of 62) of the cata-condensed polycyclic benzenoid aromatic hydrocarbons with one to six rings have nonplanar pi carbon atom frameworks, with the minimum angle of nonplanarity approximately 30°. In addition to 17 pairs of enantiomers, four of the nonplanar cata-condensed benzenoids with six rings are redicted to be capable of existing as pairs of twisted diastereoisomers. Ma...

Benzenoids are a subfamily of hydrocarbons (molecules that only made hydrogen and carbon atoms) whose atoms form hexagons. These molecules widely studied in theoretical chemistry have lot concrete applications. Then, there is problems relative to this subject, like the enumeration all its Kekulé structures (i.e. valid configurations double bonds). In article, we focus our attention on two issue...

After an introduction on the history of polycyclic aromatic compounds, recent advances in the theory of benzenoids are briefly reviewed. Then using systems with 4, 5, or 6 benzenoid rings for illustration, the partition of the P π-electrons among the rings of the benzenoid is presented, followed by a different way of examining the distribution of these π-electrons which is called the signature ...

Three new benzenoids, 3-isopropenyl-2-methoxy-6-methyl-4,5-methylenedioxy- phenol (1), 2-hydroxy-4,4'-dimethoxy-3,3'-dimethyl-5,6,5',6'-bimethylenedioxybiphenyl (2), 4,4'-dihydroxy-3,3'-dimethoxy-2,2'-dimethyl-5,6,5',6'-bimethylenedioxybiphenyl (3), together with two known benzenoids, 2,3,6-trimethoxy-5-methylphenol (4) and 2,3-methylenedioxy- 4-methoxy-5-methylphenol (5), were isolated from An...

The exact biosynthetic pathways leading to benzoic acid (BA) formation in plants are not known, but labeling experiments indicate the contribution of both beta-oxidative and non-beta-oxidative pathways. In Petunia hybrida BA is a key precursor for the production of volatile benzenoids by its flowers. Using functional genomics, we identified a 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase, PhKAT1, which is involved i...