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Hydrogen-mediated Stone-Wales isomerization of dicyclopenta[de,mn]anthracene

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The mechanism of transformation of two radicals (R1p and R1i) obtained by addition of a hydrogen atom to an external and internal carbon atom of dicyclopenta[de,mn]anthracene (P1) was investigated. Two pathways were revealed. The first mechanism is a one-step process, whereas the second mechanism includes two transition states and a cyclobutyl intermediate. The formation of R1p and R1i and the homolytic cleavage of the radicals obtained during the isomerization processes were also examined. In both pathways the addition of a hydrogen atom to the internal carbon significantly lowers the activation energy for hydrogen-mediated isomerization of P1 to acefluoranthene. This finding could be explained by the specific electronic structures of the transition states and intermediates participating in the isomerization processes.

Addition of hydrogen atom to an internal carbon lowers the activation barrier for the Stone-Wales rearrangement

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This work is supported by the Ministry of science of Serbia, projects No 144015G and 142025.

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  1. Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac, 12 Radoja Domanovića, 34000, Kragujevac, Serbia

    Sonja Stanković, Svetlana Marković, Ivan Gutman & Silva Sretenović

  2. Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000, Ghent, Belgium

    Sonja Stanković

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Stanković, S., Marković, S., Gutman, I. et al. Hydrogen-mediated Stone-Wales isomerization of dicyclopenta[de,mn]anthracene. J Mol Model 16, 1519–1527 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00894-010-0669-9

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