Table 2. Calculated bond current strengths (J, in nA T−1), EDDB (in a.u.), and Iring (in a.u.) values for the studied monocyclic molecules. The numbers in parentheses represent the total number of electrons.
| J [nA T−1] | EDDBF | I ring | J π [nA T−1] | EDDBπ | J σ[nA T−1] | EDDBσ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C6I6 | C6 | 9.4 | 5.074 | 0.627 | 6.4 | 5.737 (6) | −2.0 | 0.623 (12) |
| I6 | −1.0 | 0.227 | 0.066 | |||||
| C6I62+ | C6 | 8.6 | 5.038 | 0.624 | 6.6 | 5.733 (6) | 17.6 | 5.812 (10) |
| I6 | 18.7 | 5.333 | 0.310 | |||||
| C5I5− | C5 | 9.4 | 5.470 | 0.617 | 8.3 | 5.569 (6) | −0.2 | 0.416 (10) |
| I5 | 0.2 | 0.108 | −0.042 | |||||
| C5I5+ | C5 | −92.8 | 1.236 | 0.478 | −83 | 2.164 (4) | −0.2 | 0.695 (10) |
| I5 | −0.7 | 0.529 | −0.092 | |||||
| C4I4 | C4 | −12.3 | 0.211 | 0.216 | −8.6 | 0.719 (4) | 0.5 | 0.558 (8) |
| I4 | 0.5 | 0.073 | 0.075 | |||||
| C4I42+ | C4 | −1.9 | 1.225 | 0.459 | 1.8 | 1.451 (2) | 0.5 | 0.698 (8) |
| I4 | 0.6 | 0.064 | 0.055 |