“…In peri-disubstituted naphthalenes, the energetic situation is so highly governed by the geometry and steric congestion that any attempt to 14) Another procedure to calculate % TBP character was proposed by Tamao et. 15) Application to various naphthalenes 1-X-8-Y-C 10 H 6 with d(X···Y) < Σr(vdW) would lead to the following formal degrees of hypercoordination (X, Y, involved atoms, degree): a) Me 2 N, (Ph)(DAN)(S)P, N/P 17%, b) Me 2 N, Me 2 N, N/N 18%, c) Me 2 N, [(Ph) 2 (Me)Si] 2 (Me)Si, N/Si 18%, d) Ph, Ph, C/C 20%, e) F, F, F/F 24%, f) Me, Me, C/C 25%, g) Me 2 P, Me 2 P, P/P 27/30%, h) Ph 2 P, Ph 2 P, P/P 29%, i) Me 2 N, P(C 12 H 8 ) 2 , N/P 30% [55], j) MeO, MeO, O/O 35%, k) Me 2 N, Ph 2 P, N/P 36/38% (r(vdW): Batsanov [85]; r(cov): Pauling [86]). [83].…”