Advances in the Theory of Benzenoid Hydrocarbons

by Ivan Gutman (Editor), Sven J. Cyvin (Editor)

Overview

1. I. Gutman, Kragujevac/Yugpslavia Topological Properties of Benzenoid Systems 2. I. Gutman, Kragujevac/Yugoslavia Total Pi-Electron of Benzenoid Hydrocarbons 3. B.N. Cyvin, J. Brunvoll, S.J. Cyvin, Trondheim/Norway Benzenoid Chemical Isomers and Their Enumeration 4. B.N. Cyvin, J. Brunvoll, S.J. Cyvin, Trondheim/Norway Enumeration of Benzenoid Systems and Other Polyhexes

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783662150313
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	03/14/2013
Series:	Topics in Current Chemistry , #153
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Benzenoid hydrocarbons in space: The evidence and implications.- The distortive tendencies of delocalized— electronic systems. Benzene, cyclobutadiene and related heteroannulenes.- The spin-coupled valence bond description of benzenoid aromatic molecules.- Semiempirical valence bond views for benzenoid hydrocarbons.- Scaling properties of topological invariants.- Molecular topology and chemical reactivity of polynuclear benzenoid hydrocarbons.- A periodic table for benzenoid hydrocarbons.- Calculating the numbers of perfect matchings and of spanning trees, Pauling's orders, the characteristic polynomial, and the eigenvectors of a benzenoid system.- The existence of Kekulé structures in a benzenoid system.- Peak-valley path method on benzenoid and coronoid systems.- Rapid ways to recognize Kekuléan benzenoid systems.- Methods of enumerating Kekulé structures, exemplified by applications to rectangle-shaped benzenoids.- Clar's aromatic sextet and sextet polynomial.- Caterpillar (Gutman) trees in chemical graph theory.

Editorial Reviews

Theoretical investigations of benzenoid molecules have a long history and are usually considered as a traditional, but somewhat obsolete, area of theoretical organic chemistry. This volume documents the variety of unsolved and partially solved problems that remain in the field, as currently active researchers report on their contributions to the theoretical chemistry of benzenoid compounds. With 127 figures and three tables. No subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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