The role of the long-range exchange corrections in the description of electron delocalization in aromatic species

In this article, we address the role of the long-range exchange corrections in description of the cyclic delocalization of electrons in aromatic systems at the density functional theory level. A test set of diversified monocyclic and polycyclic aromatics is used in benchmark calculations involving v...

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Autores: Szczepanik, Dariusz W., Solà i Puig, Miquel, Andrzejak, Marcin, Pawełek, Barbara, Dominikowska, Justyna, Kukułka, Mercedes, Dyduch, Karol, Krygowski, Tadeusz M., Szatylowicz, Halina
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/14344
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/14344
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Aromaticitat (Química)
Aromaticity (Chemistry)
Funcional de densitat, Teoria del
Density functionals
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Sumario:In this article, we address the role of the long-range exchange corrections in description of the cyclic delocalization of electrons in aromatic systems at the density functional theory level. A test set of diversified monocyclic and polycyclic aromatics is used in benchmark calculations involving various exchange-correlation functionals. A special emphasis is given to the problem of local aromaticity in acenes, which has been a subject of long-standing debate in the literature. The presented results indicate that the noncorrected exchange-correlation functionals significantly overestimate cyclic delocalization of electrons in heteroaromatics and aromatic systems with fused rings, which in the case of acenes leads to conflicting local aromaticity predictions from different criteria