Stability and Aromaticity of the Cyclopenta-Fused Pyrene Congeners

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Abstract

The aromaticity of all possible cyclopenta-fused pyrene congeners has been investigated at various levels of theory. On the basis of the calculated resonance energies and magnetic properties (delta(1)H data, magnetic susceptibility anisotropies, and NICS values), the overall aromaticity of these compounds is found to decrease gradually with increasing number of externally fused five-membered rings. The relatively small differences ( dicyclopenta[cd,jk]- > dicyclopenta[cd,mn]pyrene), which differs from the aromaticity order based on the magnetic criteria (dicyclopenta[cd,mn]- > dicyclopenta[cd,fg]- > dicyclopenta[cd,jk]pyrene), is shown by model calculations to be dominated by sigma-strain imposed on the pyrene skeleton by sequential cyclopenta-fusion. This is supported by the computed homodesmotic reaction energies and aromatic stabilization energy (ASE(isom)) from isodesmic aromatic-nonaromatic isomerization, and by the model calculations on "distorted" cyclopenta[cd]pyrenes. The elusive tetracyclopenta[cd,fg,jk,mn]pyrene is computed to be bowl-shaped; its corresponding planar geometry is the transition state for bowl-bowl interconversion.

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