On extremal unicyclic molecular graphs with maximal Hosoya index

Let G be a unicyclic n-vertex graph and Z(G) be its Hosoya index, let F_n stand for the nth Fibonacci number. It is proved in this paper that Z(G)≤F_n+1+F_n−1 with the equality holding if and only if G is isomorphic to C_n, the n-vertex cycle, and that if G≠C_n then Z(G)≤F_n+1+2F_n−3 with the equality holding if and only if G=Q_n or D_n, where graph Q_n is obtained by pasting one endpoint of a 3-vertex path to a vertex of C_n−2 and D_n is obtained by pasting one endpoint of an (n−3)-vertex path to a vertex of C₄.