Cyclodehydrogenation reactions to cyclopentafused polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
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Authors: | Violi Angela |
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Affiliation: | Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. violi@eng.utah.edu |
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Abstract: | B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) electronic structure calculations are employed to elucidate the reaction mechanisms for the conversion of the alternant C(18)H(12) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon benzo[c]phenanthrene into the nonalternant C(18)H(10) PAHs cyclopenta[cd]pyrene and benzo[ghi]fluoranthene. Isomerization reactions such as 5/6-ring switching and hydrogen atom scrambling are analyzed. Bay region chemistry, involving the rupture of one benzene ring followed by the formation of a new five-membered ring, is also studied, together with the mechanism for the formation of an aryne. The rearrangement of the latter yields annelated cyclopentadienylidenecarbene, which is then trapped intramolecularly. |
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