Research Article
Multiplicative Zagreb Indices of Molecular Graphs
Xiujun Zhang ,
1
H. M. Awais ,
2
M. Javaid ,
2
and Muhammad Kamran Siddiqui
3
1
School of Information Science and Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
2
Department of Mathematics, School of Science, University of Management and Technology (UMT),
Lahore 54770, Pakistan
3
Department of Mathematics, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan
Correspondence should be addressed to M. Javaid; javaidmath@gmail.com
Received 1 November 2019; Accepted 19 November 2019; Published 6 December 2019
AcademicEditor:JuanL.G.Guirao
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Mathematicalmodelingwiththehelpofnumericalcodingofgraphshasbeenusedinthedifferentfieldsofscience,especiallyin
chemistry for the studies of the molecular structures. It also plays a vital role in the study of the quantitative structure activities
relationship (QSAR) and quantitative structure properties relationship (QSPR) models. Todeshine et al. (2010) and Eliasi et al.
(2012) defined two different versions of the 1st multiplicative Zagreb index as (Γ)�
p∈V(Γ)
[d
Γ
(p)
2
] and
1
(Γ)�
pq∈E(Γ)
[d
Γ
(p)+ d
Γ
(q)],respectively.InthesamepaperofTodeshine,theyalsodefinedthe2ndmultiplicativeZagreb
indexas
2
(Γ)�
pq∈E(Γ)
[d
Γ
(p)× d
Γ
(q)]. Recently,Liuetal.[IEEEAccess;7(2019);105479–-105488]definedthegeneralized
subdivision-relatedoperationsofgraphsandobtainedthegeneralizedF-sumgraphsusingtheseoperations.eyalsocomputed
the first and second Zagreb indices of the newly defined generalized F-sum graphs. In this paper, we extend this study and
compute the upper bonds of the first multiplicative Zagreb and second multiplicative Zagreb indices of the generalized F-sum
graphs. At the end, some particular results as applications of the obtained results for alkane are also included.
1. Introduction
enumericaldemonstrationofamoleculargraphcanbe
assumed as a single number, commonly known as to-
pological index (TI). ere are many interesting and
significant results about TIs to study the different
properties of chemical compounds such as chromato-
graphic retention times, heat of formation and evapo-
ration,flashpoint,viscosity,freezing,boilingandmelting
point, octanol-water partition coefficient, surface ten-
sion, stability, temperature, density, weight, polariz-
ability, connectivity, and solubility. Many medicines,
crystallineandnanomaterials,thatareusedinnumerous
pharmaceutical industries are examined with the assis-
tanceofdifferentTIs,see[1–7].TIsalsostudyQSPRand
QSAR models that join molecular graphs to their mo-
lecular characteristics by means of statistical tools. For
additional information, see [8–17].
In 1947, to investigate the paraffin’s boiling point,
Wiener utilized the distance-based TI [18]. Gutman and
Trinajsti´ c [19] determined a pair of degree-based first and
second Zagreb indices. After this, different impressive TIs
are introduced in molecular graph theory [20,21], but the
degree-based TIs are famous than others, see [22].
Ingraphtheory,thevariousoperationsondifferentgraphs
showanimportantroleinthecreationofadvancedfamiliesof
graphs, see [23,24]. Yan et al. [13] gave the idea of four op-
erations S
1
,R
1
,Q
1
, and T
1
of graphs and computed the
Wiener index of the resultant graphs obtained by using these
operations.EliasiandTaeri[25]introducedthe F
1
-sumgraphs
(Γ
1+F
1
Γ
2
) byusingthecartesianproductofgraphs F
1
(Γ
1
) and
Γ
2
, where Γ
1
and Γ
2
are the two simple graphs and F
1
(Γ
1
) is
obtained by using F
1
∈ S
1
,R
1
,Q
1
, & T
1
. ey also de-
termined the Wiener index of these F
1
-sum graphs. Addi-
tionally,Dengetal.[26],ImranandAkhtar[27],Shirdeletal.
[28], and Liu et al. [29] determined the 1st and 2nd Zagreb
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Journal of Chemistry
Volume 2019, Article ID 5294198, 19 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/5294198