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We shall now apply the techniques that we described above to prove the topological chirality of some molecular knots and links. Note that if we succeed in proving that a molecular graph is topologically chiral then it will follow that the molecule that it represents is chemically chiral, since any molecular motion corresponds to a rigid or flexible deformation of the molecular graph. In particular, it is not chemically possible for one molecular bond to pass through another molecular bond. 

After synthesizing the 3-rung Mobius ladder, Walba conjectured that its molecular bond graph was topologically chiral [16]. In contrast with his conjecture, he... 

Figure 35. The molecular bond graph of a ferrocenophane derivative.

There is no problem in identifying the vertex set in a molecular graph that represents the constitutional formula of a molecule because each vertex bears a one-to-one correspondence to an appropriately labeled atom in the molecule. The relationship of edges in the graph to bonds in the molecule is, however, far less well defined. This point warrants a reiteration of earlier remarks on this theme52,71, 72-79 93 because it has an important bearing on the subject of topological chirality in molecules. 

Bond ellipticity Anisotropy of p (p) (local property) Molecular graph Molecular structure... 

The concept of molecular complexity was introduced into chemistry only quite recently and is mainly based on the information content of molecules. Several different measures of complexity can be obtained according to the diversity of the considered structural elements such as atom types, bonds, connections, cycles, etc. The first attempts to quantify molecular complexity were based on the elemental composition of molecules later other molecular characteristics were considered such as the symmetry of molecular graphs, molecular branching, molecular cyclicity and centricity [Bonchev and Seitz, 1996]. 

The iHoblem of graph symmetry investigates the equivalence relationships between the elements of the molecular graphs (atoms, bonds, pairs of atoms, etc.). The geometrical information is neglected and only bonding relationships are considered. 

Central the molecular graph is completely coded (each atom and bond is represented) matrix algebra can be used the niimber of entries in the matrix grows with the square of the number of atoms in ) no stereochemistry included... 

A major disadvantage of a matrix representation for a molecular graph is that the number of entries increases with the square of the number of atoms in the molecule. What is needed is a representation of a molecular graph where the number of entries increases only as a linear function of the number of atoms in the molecule. Such a representation can be obtained by listing, in tabular form only the atoms and the bonds of a molecular structure. In this case, the indices of the row and column of a matrix entry can be used for identifying an entry. In essence, one has to distinguish each atom and each bond in a molecule. This is achieved by a list of the atoms and a list of the bonds giving the coimections between the atoms. Such a representation is called a connection table (CT). 

The Wiener index was originally defined only for acyclic graphs and was initially called the path number [6]. "The path number, W, is defined as the sum of the distances between any two carbon atoms in the molecule in terms of carbon-carbon bonds". Hosoya extended the Wiener index and defined it as the half-sum of the off diagonal elements of a distance matrix D in the hydrogen-depleted molecular graph of Eq, (15), where dij is an element of the distance matrix D and gives the shortest path between atoms i and j. 

Covalen t radii for all th e clem cn ts are readily available an d the bond orders of all bonds arc available from the molecular graph. Prior to describing the explicit default parameter scheme, it is nee-... 

There are a number of different ways that the molecular graph can be conununicated between the computer and the end-user. One common representation is the connection table, of which there are various flavours, but most provide information about the atoms present in the molecule and their connectivity. The most basic connection tables simply indicate the atomic number of each atom and which atoms form each bond others may include information about the atom hybridisation state and the bond order. Hydrogens may be included or they may be imphed. In addition, information about the atomic coordinates (for the standard two-dimensional chemical drawing or for the three-dimensional conformation) can be included. The connection table for acetic acid in one of the most popular formats, the Molecular Design mol format [Dalby et al. 1992], is shown in Figure 12.3. 

Molecular Connectivity Indexes and Graph Theory. Perhaps the chief obstacle to developing a general theory for quantification of physical properties is not so much in the understanding of the underlying physical laws, but rather the inabiUty to solve the requisite equations. The plethora of assumptions and simplifications in the statistical mechanics and group contribution sections of this article provide examples of this. Computational procedures are simplified when the number of parameters used to describe the saUent features of a problem is reduced. Because many properties of molecules correlate well with stmctures, parameters have been developed which grossly quantify molecular stmctural characteristics. These parameters, or coimectivity indexes, are usually based on the numbers and orientations of atoms and bonds in the molecule. 

Fig. 1.32. (a) Molecular graphs and electron density contours for pentane and hexane. Dots on bond paths represent critical points, (b) Comparison of molecular graphs for bicycloalkanes and corresponding propellanes. (Reproduced from Chem. Rev. 91 893 (1991) with permission of the American Chemical Society.)... 

Sketch the qualitative molecular potential energy curves for the N—N bond on one graph for N2H4, N2, and N,. ... 

An alternative stream came from the valence bond (VB) theory. Ovchinnikov judged the ground-state spin for the alternant diradicals by half the difference between the number of starred and unstarred ir-sites, i.e., S = (n -n)l2 [72]. It is the simplest way to predict the spin preference of ground states just on the basis of the molecular graph theory, and in many cases its results are parallel to those obtained from the NBMO analysis and from the sophisticated MO or DFT (density functional theory) calculations. However, this simple VB rule cannot be applied to the non-alternate diradicals. The exact solutions of semi-empirical VB, Hubbard, and PPP models shed light on the nature of spin correlation [37, 73-77]. 

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