Hydrometal analogues of aromatic hydrocarbons: a new class of cyclic hydrocoppers(I)

Athanassios C Tsipis; Constantinos A Tsipis

doi:10.1021/ja028786j

Hydrometal analogues of aromatic hydrocarbons: a new class of cyclic hydrocoppers(I)

J Am Chem Soc. 2003 Feb 5;125(5):1136-7. doi: 10.1021/ja028786j.

Authors

Athanassios C Tsipis¹, Constantinos A Tsipis

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Applied Quantum Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece.

PMID: 12553793
DOI: 10.1021/ja028786j

Abstract

A new class of cyclic hydrocoppers(I) with the general formula CunHn (n = 3-6), resembling the cyclic hydrocarbon analogues, were predicted by means of DFT calculations to be stable molecules adopting a perfect planar configuration of high-symmetry characteristic of the aromatic systems.