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Quantitative Resonance Theory Based on the Clar Sextet Model

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Affiliation of Author(s):Yangzhou University

Teaching and Research Group:物理化学

Journal:The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Abstract:Despite its great explanatory power in understanding the chemistry of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and related systems, the Clar sextet rule still remains an intuitive and qualitative model with notable exceptions in some cases. Here we develop a quantitative theory of chemical resonance based on semilocalized Clar-type resonance structures (named the Clar resonators) consisting of variable numbers of Clar sextets and C═C bonds. The constructed wave functions of the Clar resonators are used to expand the actual wave function of the π-conjugated system obtained from a DFT or Hartree–Fock calculation. The resultant weights and one-electron energies of the Clar resonators can serve as a quantitative measure of the importance of these resonators. Implementing the theory in our open-source python code EzReson and applying it to over a thousand PAH molecules of different sizes and shapes, we show that the weight of the Clar resonators increases exponentially with increasing number of sextets and that their energy decreases linearly with the latter, thus confirming the general validity of the Clar rule. On the basis of such a large-scale resonance analysis, we propose three extended Clar rules, along with a unified quantitative model, that are able to evaluate the importance of all Clar resonators and the ring aromaticity for PAHs. Using the present theories, we uncover the essential role that the minor Clar resonators may play in correctly understanding the resonance stabilization and local aromaticity of rings, which was totally overlooked in the original Clar model.

First Author:Yang Wang

Indexed by:SCI

Document Type:SCI

Volume:In press

Translation or Not:no

Date of Publication:2022-01-02

Included Journals:SCI

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