electronic effects were investigated on the singlet–triplet energy gaps of divalent unsaturated seven- membered ring r2c6h6m (m=c, si, ge, sn, pb, r= –h, -ch3, i-pr , t-bu) at b3lyp/6-311++g** level. all the triplet states of r2c6h6c were more stable than the related the singlet states while all the singlet states of r2c6h6m (m= si, ge, sn, pb, r= –h, -ch3, i-pr , t-bu) were more stable than th...