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Debate on the Aromaticity of Boron- or Nitrogen-Doped Fullerene C20

Ablikim Kerim*, CHEN Jia-Li, Ablimit Abdukadir   

  1. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang University,Urumqi 830046, China
  • Received:2007-11-22 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2008-09-10 Published:2008-09-10
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Abstract:

Topological Resonance Energy(TRE) and Percentage Topological Resonance Energy(%TRE) methods were applied to all the boron- or nitrogen-fullerene C20-2nX2n(X=B, N; n=1,2,3,4) isomers to investigate their aromaticity and compared with the Nucleus Independent Chemical Shift(NICS) values. Our calculation results show that only C16N4,C14N6 and C12N8 isomers have aromaticity and others are antiaromatic. These results are not in agreement with the prediction of NICS. NICS values and 2(n+1)2 rule are not suitable for predicting the aromaticity for these compounds. Finally, the reason of the different results caused by the TRE method and NICS value are discussed.

Key words: Aromaticity, Fullerene, Topological Resonance Energy(TRE), Nucleus Independent Chemical Shift(NICS), C20

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