{"id":24974,"date":"2022-04-07T13:41:18","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T12:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=24974"},"modified":"2022-04-07T16:23:31","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T15:23:31","slug":"b2n2-a-10-electron-four-atom-molecule-displaying-both-huckel-4n2-and-baird-4n-selection-rules-for-ring-aromaticity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=24974","title":{"rendered":"C2N2: a 10-electron four-atom molecule displaying both H\u00fcckel 4n+2 and Baird 4n selection rules for ring aromaticity."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kcite-section\" kcite-section-id=\"24974\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=24881\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previous examples<\/a> of four atom systems displaying two layers of aromaticity illustrated how 4 (B<sub>4<\/sub>), 8 (C<sub>4<\/sub>) and 12 (N<sub>4<\/sub>) valence electrons were partitioned into 4n+2 manifolds (respectively 2+2, 6+2 and 6+6). The triplet state molecule B<sub>2<\/sub>C<sub>2<\/sub> with 6 electrons partitioned into 2\u03c0 and 4\u03c3 electrons, with the latter following Baird&#8217;s aromaticity rule.<span id=\"cite_ITEM-24974-0\" name=\"citation\"><a href=\"#ITEM-24974-0\">[1]<\/a><\/span>,<span id=\"cite_ITEM-24974-1\" name=\"citation\"><a href=\"#ITEM-24974-1\">[2]<\/a><\/span>. Now for the final missing entry; as a triplet C<sub>2<\/sub>N<sub>2<\/sub> has 10 electrons, which now partition into 4 + 6. But would that be 4\u03c0 + 6\u03c3 or 4\u03c3 + 6\u03c0? Well, in a way neither! Read on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C2N2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C2N2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-25018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C2N2.jpg 1357w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C2N2-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C2N2-1024x846.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C2N2-768x634.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1357px) 100vw, 1357px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\" align=\"middle\">Bonding MOs for C<sub>2<\/sub>N<sub>2<\/sub>.<br \/>\nClick image to load 3D model<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>&pi;3, 1 electron<\/th>\n<th>&pi;2, 1 electron<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" onclick=\"jmolApplet([250,250],'load wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C2N2-6-4-CCSD_mo14.xyz;isosurface wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C2N2-6-4-CCSD_mo14.jvxl;spin 2;zoom 90;','c2');\"class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24781\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C2N2-6-4-CCSD_mo14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" onclick=\"jmolApplet([250,250],'load wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C2N2-6-4-CCSD_mo13.xyz;isosurface wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C2N2-6-4-CCSD_mo13.jvxl;spin 2;zoom 90;','c3');\"class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24782\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C2N2-6-4-CCSD_mo13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>\u03c33 2 electron<\/th>\n<th>&sigma;2, 2 electron<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" onclick=\"jmolApplet([250,250],'load wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C2N2-6-4-CCSD_mo12.xyz;isosurface wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C2N2-6-4-CCSD_mo12.jvxl;spin 2;zoom 90;','c1');\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C2N2-6-4-CCSD_mo12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" onclick=\"jmolApplet([250,250],'load wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C2N2-6-4-CCSD_mo11.xyz;isosurface wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C2N2-6-4-CCSD_mo11.jvxl;spin 2;zoom 90;','c4');\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C2N2-6-4-CCSD_mo11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>&pi;1 2 electron<\/th>\n<th>&sigma;1, 2 electron<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" onclick=\"jmolApplet([250,250],'load wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C2N2-6-4-CCSD_mo10.xyz;isosurface wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C2N2-6-4-CCSD_mo10.jvxl;spin 2;zoom 90;','c5');\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C2N2-6-4-CCSD_mo10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" onclick=\"jmolApplet([250,250],'load wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C2N2-6-4-CCSD_mo8.xyz;isosurface wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C2N2-6-4-CCSD_mo8.jvxl;spin 2;zoom 90;','c6');\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C2N2-6-4-CCSD_mo8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The calculations (\u03c9B97XD\/Def2-TZVPP and CCSD(T)\/Def2-TZVPP) are collected at FAIR DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.14469\/hpc\/10346\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10.14469\/hpc\/10346<\/a>. These show a partitioning into\u00a05\u03c3 + 5\u03c0, a species that is not a minimum but undergoes a non-planar distortion.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CN-np.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CN-np-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-25022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CN-np-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CN-np-1024x850.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CN-np-768x638.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CN-np.jpg 1243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>However, the first excited state (the triplet)\u00a0IS planar and is only 12.5 kcal\/mol above the planar 5+5 precursor.\u00a0It is now partitioned into\u00a06\u03c3 and 4\u03c0, with the latter conforming to Baird&#8217;s rule for open shell triplets.<span id=\"cite_ITEM-24974-0\" name=\"citation\"><a href=\"#ITEM-24974-0\">[1]<\/a><\/span>,<span id=\"cite_ITEM-24974-1\" name=\"citation\"><a href=\"#ITEM-24974-1\">[2]<\/a><\/span>\u00a0So this is unlike C<sub>2<\/sub>B<sub>2<\/sub>, which showed\u00a02\u03c0 + 4\u03c3 partitioning with the \u03c3 series following Baird&#8217;s rule. Now we have two examples in which one of the \u03c3 or the \u03c0-manifolds follow Baird&#8217;s rule and the other follows H\u00fcckel&#8217;s rule. The systems themselves are somewhat contrived, but they show the simple fun and games that can be had with these aromaticity rules.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This post has DOI: <a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.14469\/hpc\/10350\">10.14469\/hpc\/10350<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n    <ol class=\"kcite-bibliography csl-bib-body\"><li id=\"ITEM-24974-0\">N.C. Baird, \"Quantum organic photochemistry. II. Resonance and aromaticity in the lowest 3.pi..pi.* state of cyclic hydrocarbons\", <i>Journal of the American Chemical Society<\/i>, vol. 94, pp. 4941-4948, 1972. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/ja00769a025\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/ja00769a025<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"ITEM-24974-1\">M. Rosenberg, C. Dahlstrand, K. Kils\u00e5, and H. Ottosson, \"Excited State Aromaticity and Antiaromaticity: Opportunities for Photophysical and Photochemical Rationalizations\", <i>Chemical Reviews<\/i>, vol. 114, pp. 5379-5425, 2014. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/cr300471v\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/cr300471v<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<\/div> <!-- kcite-section 24974 -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The previous examples of four atom systems displaying two layers of aromaticity illustrated how 4 (B4), 8 (C4) and 12 (N4) valence electrons were partitioned into 4n+2 manifolds (respectively 2+2, 6+2 and 6+6). The triplet state molecule B2C2 with 6 electrons partitioned into 2\u03c0 and 4\u03c3 electrons, with the latter following Baird&#8217;s aromaticity rule.,. 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It has now been detected in the atmosphere of Titan, one of Saturn's moons and joins benzene, another aromatic molecule together with the protonated version of cyclopropenylidene, C3H3+ also\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Interesting chemistry&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Interesting chemistry","link":"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24503,"url":"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=24503","url_meta":{"origin":24974,"position":3},"title":"Molecule of the year 2021: Infinitene.","author":"Henry Rzepa","date":"December 16, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The annual \"molecule of the year\" results for 2021 are now available ... and the winner is Infinitene., This is a benzocirculene in the form of a figure eight loop (the infinity symbol), a shape which is also called a lemniscate after the mathematical (2D) function due to Bernoulli. 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I start with the\u00a0C\u00e3lug\u00e3reanu\/Fuller theorem\u00a0 which decomposes the topology of a space curve into two components, its twist (Tw) and its writhe (Wr, this latter being the extent to which coiling of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Interesting chemistry&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Interesting chemistry","link":"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11421,"url":"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=11421","url_meta":{"origin":24974,"position":5},"title":"Six vs ten aromatic electrons?","author":"Henry Rzepa","date":"October 20, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Homoaromaticity is a special case of\u00a0aromaticity\u00a0in which\u00a0\u03c0-conjugation\u00a0is interrupted by a single sp3\u00a0hybridized\u00a0carbon atom (it is sometimes referred to as a suspended \u03c0-bond with no underlying \u03c3-foundation).\u00a0But consider the carbene shown below. 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