Hückel and Möbius annulenes: relationships between their Hückel-level orbitals and their Hückel-level energies

The problem of convenient access to quantitative Hückel-level descriptions of Möbius and Hückel annulenes for undergraduate lectures about aromaticity is discussed. Frost circle, Zimmerman circle, double circle and Langler semicircular mnemonics are described. The relationship between spectra (compl...

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Main Authors: Richard Francis Langler, Guillermo Salgado, Carlos Mendizabal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2000-12-01
Series:Química Nova
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422000000600020