Ab initio organic chemistry : a survey of ground- and excited states and aromaticity

Abstract

This thesis describes the application of quantum mechanical methods on organic chemistry. The ground- and excited states of functionalized oligo(cyclohexylidenes) have been explored as in function of chain length, conformation and substitution. VB theory has been used to study the effect of cyclopentafusion on pyrene on its aromatic characteristics. Finally, the relevant part of the C6 H6 potentional energy surface has been explored to shed light on the reaction mechanism of the thermal electrocyclic ring opening reaction of Dewar benzene towards benzene.