Thermochromism of overcrowded bistricyclic aromatic enes (BAEs). A theoretical study

P. Ulrich Biedermann, J. J. Stezowski, I. Agranat*

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Abstract

A criterion for thermochromism has been derived from ab initio DFT B3LYP/6-31G* calculations of the anti-folded, syn-folded and twisted conformations of thermochromic and non-thermochromic overcrowded bistricyclic aromatic enes (BAEs) 1-8: The thermochromic species is the twisted conformation, a necessary condition being a small energy difference, < 30 kJ mol-1, between the global minimum anti-folded and the thermochromic conformations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)954-955
Number of pages2
JournalChemical Communications
Issue number11
StatePublished - 7 Jun 2001

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