On molecular topological properties of diamond-like networks

Abstract

The Randić (product) connectivity index and its derivative called the sum-connectivity index are well-known topological indices and both of these descriptors correlate well among themselves and with the π-electronic energies of benzenoid hydrocarbons. The general n connectivity of a molecular graph G is defined as [Formula: see text] and the n sum connectivity of a molecular graph G is defined as [Formula: see text], where the paths of length n in G are denoted by [Formula: see text] and the degree of each vertex vi is denoted by di. In this paper, we discuss third connectivity and third sum-connectivity indices of diamond-like networks and compute analytical closed results of these indices for diamond-like networks.