Table 1. Isomerization Stabilization Energies, ISEs,a and Intensities of the Magnetically Induced Current Densities, MICDs,b for the Parent 6π Molecules in Comparison with Their 7π Radical Anions and 5π Radical Cations.
molecules | benzene | pyridine | 1,2-diazine | 1,3-diazine | 1,4-diazine | pyrrole | furan | |
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6πe | ISE | 33.5 | 32.5 | 34.0 | 32.1 | 32.6 | 21.6 | 14.9 |
MICD | 12.0 | 11.5 | 11.0 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 11.5 | 10.2 | |
7πe | ISE | 6.7 | 8.0 | 11.2 | 6.4 | 10.7 | c | –3.7 |
MICD | –47.4 | –25.0 | –15.7 | –22.6 | –13.9 | 12.4d | 24.0 | |
5πe | ISE | 7.4 | c | 29.4c | c | 21.6d | 1.0 | 0.0 |
MICD | –17.3 | 11.9d | 12.3d | 10.7d | 14.8d | –17.2 | 12.0 |
ISE in kcal/mol.
MICD in nA/T.
Two molecules involved in the ISE equation do not have an equal number of π electrons because the π system of the nonaromatic reference system is reduced/oxidized.
The system has 6π electrons. The electron is removed from the σ framework of the molecule.