TY - JOUR A1 - Kleinpeter, Erich A1 - Branac-Stojanovi, Marija A1 - Koch, Andreas T1 - Is the Conventional Interpretation of the Anisotropic Effects of CC Double Bonds and Aromatic Rings in NMR Spectra in Terms of the -Electron Shielding/Deshielding Contributions Correct? N2 - Based on the nucleus-independent chemical shift (NICS) concept, isotropic magnetic shielding values have been computed along the three Cartesian axes for ethene, cyclobutadiene, benzene, naphthalene, and benzocyclobutadiene, starting from the molecular/ring center up to 10;Å away. These through-space NMR spectroscopic shielding (TSNMRS) values, which reflect the anisotropic effects, have been broken down into contributions from localized- and canonical molecular orbitals (LMOs and CMOs); these contributions revealed that the proton NMR spectroscopic chemical shifts of nuclei that are spatially close to the C=C double bond or the aromatic ring should not be explained in terms of the conventionally accepted ;-electron shielding/deshielding effects. In fact, these effects followed the predictions only for the antiaromatic cyclobutadiene ring. Y1 - 2012 UR - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/33284 SN - 1521-3765 ER -