Dicycloocta [1, 2, 3, 4-def: 1', 2', 3', 4'-jkl] biphenylene. Benzenoid atropism in a highly antiaromatic polycycle

CF Wilcox Jr, EN Farley

Index: Wilcox, Charles F.; Farley, Erik N. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1983 , vol. 105, # 24 p. 7191 - 7192

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Abstract

Part of the recent revival of interest in antiaromaticity and the associated magnetic phenomenon of ring current paratropisml has centered on the behavior of fused systems containing both [4n]-and [4n+ 2] 7r ring components. 1a. 2 The known systems of this type have shown a mutual reduction of aromaticity/antiaromaticity in the component rings, as judged by changes in the chemical shifts of attached protons. We wish to report the ...