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== Molecular electron affinities ==
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The electron affinity of molecules is a complicated function of their electronic structure.
For instance the electron affinity for [[benzene]] is negative, as is that of [[naphthalene]], while those of [[anthracene]], [[phenanthrene]] and [[pyrene]] are positive. ''[[In silico]]'' experiments show that the electron affinity of [[hexacyanobenzene]] surpasses that of [[fullerene]].<ref>''Remarkable electron accepting properties of the simplest benzenoid cyanocarbons: hexacyanobenzene, octacyanonaphthalene and decacyanoanthracene'' Xiuhui Zhang, Qianshu Li, Justin B. Ingels, Andrew C. Simmonett, Steven E. Wheeler, Yaoming Xie, R. Bruce King, Henry F. Schaefer III and [[F. Albert Cotton]] [[Chemical Communications]], '''2006''', 758–760 [https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b515843e Abstract]</ref>