In a recent contribution, we examined the effect of 10- and 14-center circuits on the nucleus-independent chemical shifts NICSs using multicenter bond indices (MCBIs) (Fias et al., J Comput Chem 2008, 29, 358). In this study, the nonlocal contributions to the NICS are further investigated for a larger set of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). To achieve this, the NICSs are predicted using...

Chemical stabilities of six low-energy isomers of C24 derived from global-minimum search are investigated. The six isomers include one classical fullerene (isomer 1) whose cage is composed of only five- and six-membered rings (56-MRs), three nonclassical fullerene structures whose cages contain at least one four-membered ring (4-MR), one plate, and one monocyclic ring. Chemical and electronic p...

The double-aromatic character of selected monocyclic carbon, boron, and borocarbon rings is demonstrated by refined nucleus-independent chemical shift (NICS) analyses involving the contributions of individual canonical MOs and their out-of-plane NICS tensor component (CMO-NICS(zz)). The double aromaticity considered results from two mutually orthogonal Hückel p AO frameworks in a single molecul...

Monosilicon analogs of phenolates and phenylthiolates are studied by quantum chemical calculations. Three different silaphenolates and three different silaphenylthiolates are possible; the ortho-, meta-, and para-isomers. For the silaphenolates, the meta-isomer is the thermodynamically most stable, regardless if the substituent R at Si is H, t-Bu or SiMe(3). However, with R = H and SiMe(3) the ...

Starphenes are attractive compounds due to their characteristic physicochemical properties that inherited from acenes, making them interesting for organic electronics and optics. However, the instability low solubility of larger starphene homologs make synthesis extremely challenging. Herein, we present a new strategy leading pristine [16]starphene in preparative scale. Our approach is based on...

Precise control of the growth of thiolate-protected gold nanoclusters is a prerequisite for their applications in catalysis and bioengineering. Here, we bring to bear a new series of thiolate-protected nanoclusters with a unique growth pattern, i.e., Au20(SR)16, Au28(SR)20, Au36(SR)24, Au44(SR)28, and Au52(SR)32. These nanoclusters can be viewed as resulting from the stepwise addition of a comm...

The electron delocalization of benzene (C6H6) and hexafluorobenzene (C6F6) was analyzed in terms of the induced magnetic field, nucleus-independent chemical shift (NICS), and ring current strength (RCS). The computed out-of-plane component of the induced magnetic field at a distance (r) greater than or equal to 1.0 Å above the ring center correlates well (R (2)>0.99) with the RCS value. Accordi...

The synergy of aromatic gain and hydrogen bonding in a supramolecular polymer is explored. Partially aromatic bis(squaramide) bolaamphiphiles were designed to self-assemble through a combination of hydrophobic, hydrogen-bonding, and aromatic effects into stiff, high-aspect-ratio fibers. UV and IR spectroscopy show electron delocalization and geometric changes within the squaramide ring indicati...

Consideration of the well-known very stable icosahedral B12H12(2-) as a three-dimensional analogue of benzene was extended by the recent synthesis of the biicosahedral B21H18(-) as a three-dimensional analogue of naphthalene. The preferred structures of metallaboranes derived from B21H18(-) have now been examined by density functional theory. The isoelectronic species CpNiB20H17 and CpCoCB19H17...