Subject: Hm.
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Posted on: 2019-08-20 07:06:00 UTC

I would expect the pi orbitals perpendicular to the plane of the ring to overlap - energetically speaking, delocalisation is almost always more favourable. I can't see any reason that the shape would affect that.

On the other hand, things can behave oddly at extremely low temperatures. I'm no expert, so I can't provide calculations one way or the other.

I may be able to get access to the article. Fingers crossed.

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