Aromaticity: Quo Vadis

Overview

Journal Chem Sci

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2023 Jun 2

PMID 37265727

Authors

Gabriel Merino

Miquel Sola

Israel Fernandez

Cina Foroutan-Nejad

Paolo Lazzeretti

Gernot Frenking

Harry L Anderson

Dage Sundholm

Fernando P Cossio

Marina A Petrukhina

Jishan Wu

Judy I Wu

Albeiro Restrepo

Affiliations

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Abstract

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 aromaticity is? σ-, π-, δ-, spherical, Möbius, or all-metal aromaticity… why are so many attributes needed to specify a property? Is aromaticity a dubious concept? This perspective aims to reflect where the aromaticity community is and where it is going.

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