Prediction of the main macrocyclic conjugation pathway for porphyrinoids from the ring current distribution

Org Biomol Chem. 2010 Jan 7;8(1):261-6. doi: 10.1039/b910521b. Epub 2009 Oct 15.

Abstract

For some porphyrinoids, such as orangarin and amethyrin, the main route of macrocyclic pi-circulation is different from the main macrocyclic conjugation pathway predicted by porphyrin chemists. Our analytical theory of ring-current diamagnetism allows us to predict the main macrocyclic conjugation pathway from the ring current distribution. We can now interpret macrocyclic aromaticity and macrocyclic circulation consistently within the same theoretical framework.