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 …

Recent progress in the chemistry of metal amidinates and guanidinates: syntheses, catalysis and materials

FT Edelmann - Advances in organometallic chemistry, 2013 - Elsevier
This review provides a comprehensive overview of the most recent progress in chemistry
and applications of metal complexes containing heteroallylic ligands such as amidinates …

π-Aromaticity Dominating in a Saturated Ring: Neutral Aromatic Silicon Analogues of Cyclobutane-1, 3-diyls

Y Li, S Dong, J Guo, Y Ding, J Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The synthesis, structures, and reactivity of the first neutral 2π-aromatic Si4 rings [LSiSiAr (X)]
2 (3: X= Br; 4: X= Cl; L= PhC (NtBu) 2, Ar= 2, 4, 6-Me3C6H2) were described. Compounds 3 …

Diels–Alder reactivities of benzene, pyridine, and di-, tri-, and tetrazines: The roles of geometrical distortions and orbital interactions

YF Yang, Y Liang, F Liu, KN Houk - Journal of the American …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The cycloadditions of benzene and ten different azabenzenes (pyridine, three diazines,
three triazines, and three tetrazines) with the ethylene dienophile have been explored with …

Stabilizing Two Classical Antiaromatic Frameworks: Demonstration of Photoacoustic Imaging and the Photothermal Effect in Metalla‐aromatics

C Zhu, Y Yang, M Luo, C Yang, J Wu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Antiaromatic species are substantially less thermodynamically stable than aromatic
moieties. Herein, we report the stabilization of two classical antiaromatic frameworks …

Pnictogen–Silicon Analogues of Benzene

AE Seitz, M Eckhardt, A Erlebach… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Since the discovery of the first “inorganic benzene”(borazine, B3N3H6), the synthesis of
other noncarbon derivatives is an ongoing challenge in Inorganic Chemistry. Here we report …

Evaluation of triplet aromaticity by the isomerization stabilization energy

J Zhu, K An, PR Schleyer - Organic letters, 2013 - ACS Publications
The many manifestations of aromaticity have long fascinated both experimentalists and
theoreticians. Due to their degenerate half-filled MOs, triplet [n] annulenes with 4 n π …

Triplet state aromaticity: NICS criterion, hyperconjugation, and charge Effects

H Sun, K An, J Zhu - Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aromaticity, one of the most important concepts in organic chemistry, has attracted
considerable interest from both experimentalists and theoreticians. It remains unclear which …

An Electrophilic Carbene‐Anchored Silylene–Phosphinidene

S Kundu, B Li, J Kretsch, R Herbst‐Irmer… - Angewandte …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The cyclic alkyl (amino) carbene‐anchored silylene–phosphinidene was isolated as L− Si−
P (: cAAC− Me)(L= benzamidinate) at room temperature, synthesized from the reduction of …

Inorganic benzene valence isomers

K Ota, R Kinjo - Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
It has been computationally proposed that there are more than 200 possible isomeric
structures for the C6H6 molecule, among which benzene (CH) 6 represents the most …