Advances in the Theory of Benzenoid Hydrocarbons

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gutman, Ivan (Editor), Cyvin, Sven J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1990, 1990
Edition:1st ed. 1990
Series:Topics in Current Chemistry
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Benzenoid hydrocarbons in space: The evidence and implications
  • The distortive tendencies of delocalized ? electronic systems. Benzene, cyclobutadiene and related heteroannulenes
  • The spin-coupled valence bond description of benzenoid aromatic molecules
  • Semiempirical valence bond views for benzenoid hydrocarbons
  • Scaling properties of topological invariants
  • Molecular topology and chemical reactivity of polynuclear benzenoid hydrocarbons
  • A periodic table for benzenoid hydrocarbons
  • Calculating the numbers of perfect matchings and of spanning trees, Pauling's orders, the characteristic polynomial, and the eigenvectors of a benzenoid system
  • The existence of Kekulé structures in a benzenoid system
  • Peak-valley path method on benzenoid and coronoid systems
  • Rapid ways to recognize Kekuléan benzenoid systems
  • Methods of enumerating Kekulé structures, exemplified by applications to rectangle-shaped benzenoids
  • Clar's aromatic sextet and sextet polynomial
  • Caterpillar (Gutman) trees in chemical graph theory