Aromaticity: Quo Vadis

G Merino, M Sola, I Fernández, C Foroutan-Nejad… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Aromaticity is one of the most deeply rooted concepts in chemistry. But why, if two-thirds of
existing compounds can be classified as aromatic, is there no consensus on what …

Unique properties and emerging applications of carbolong metallaaromatics

M Luo, D Chen, Q Li, H Xia - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Aromatic compounds are important in synthetic chemistry, biomedicines, and
materials science. As a special type of aromatic complex, transition-metal-based …

φ-Aromaticity in prismatic {Bi6}-based clusters

B Peerless, A Schmidt, YJ Franzke, S Dehnen - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
The occurrence of aromaticity in organic molecules is widely accepted, but its occurrence in
purely metallic systems is less widespread. Molecules comprising only metal atoms (M) are …

Selective difunctionalization of unactivated aliphatic alkenes enabled by a metal–metallaaromatic catalytic system

FH Cui, Y Hua, YM Lin, J Fei, LH Gao… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The design of organometallic catalysts is crucial in the development of catalytic reactions.
Herein, we describe a heterometallic [Os-Cu] complex with the characteristics of bimetallics …

Magnetic Antiaromaticity─ Paratropicity─ Does Not Necessarily Imply Instability

C Foroutan-Nejad - The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
Magnetically induced ring currents are a conventional tool for the characterization of
aromaticity. Dia-and paratropic currents are thought to be associated with stabilization …

[HTML][HTML] Hydroelementation of diynes

J Walkowiak, J Szyling, A Franczyk… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
This review highlights the hydroelementation reactions of conjugated and separated diynes,
which depending on the process conditions, catalytic system, as well as the type of reagents …

Program Package for the Calculation of Origin-Independent Electron Current Density and Derived Magnetic Properties in Molecular Systems

G Monaco, FF Summa, R Zanasi - Journal of Chemical Information …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We present SYSMOIC, a program package for the calculation of the origin-independent
current density induced at first order by an external magnetic field in planar and nonplanar …

Metalla-aromatics: planar, nonplanar, and spiro

Y Zhang, C Yu, Z Huang, WX Zhang, S Ye… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The concept of aromaticity is one of the most fundamental principles in
chemistry. It is generally accepted that planarity is a prerequisite for aromaticity, and typically …

Heavier element-containing aromatics of [4 n+ 2]-electron systems

K Ota, R Kinjo - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
While the implication of the aromaticity concept has been dramatically expanded to date
since its emergence in 1865, the classical [4n+ 2]/4n-electron counting protocol still plays an …

Isolation of an Annulated 1, 4‐Distibabenzene Diradicaloid

H Steffenfauseweh, D Rottschäfer… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The first 1, 4‐distibabenzene‐1, 4‐diide compound [(ADC) Sb] 2 (5) based on an
anionic dicarbene (ADC)(ADC= PhC {N (Dipp) C} 2, Dipp= 2, 6‐iPr2C6H3) is reported as a …