All Aromaticity articles
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ResearchAll-metal aromatic ring isolated for the first time
Bismuth species raises questions about the nature of aromaticity in molecules composed of heavier elements
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ResearchHow a new carbon allotrope could change the definition of aromaticity
New experiments are uncovering the secrets of cyclocarbons – molecular forms of pure carbon that had eluded chemists for decades
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ResearchFlip-flopping aromaticity breaks fluorescence rule
Azulene switches between anti-aromaticity and aromaticity in its excited states, offering an explanation for why it doesn’t follow Kasha’s rule
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ResearchElusive crystals provide structural evidence of global aromaticity in a macrocyclic hydrocarbon
Reduced forms of [24]paracyclophanetetraene provide fresh understanding of redox-based aromaticity switching
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ResearchIncrease in aromaticity drives metallaaromatic ring contraction
Acid-promoted ring contraction reaction reshapes an osmaindenol into an osmapentalene
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Research‘Dynamic bonds’ reshape the rules of aromaticity and chirality
Discoveries could contribute to new understanding of organic chemistry, triggering applications in catalysis and materials science
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ResearchIt’s not enough to be 3D and aromatic to be 3D aromatic
Misusing the term 3D aromaticity could put chemists on a slippery slope where the concept loses meaning
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ResearchThis metal triangle seems to defy definition – is it aromatic or not?
Discussion around thorium ring’s aromaticity has chemists questioning if we should stop calling metal clusters aromatic
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ResearchInfinity shaped molecule displays unexpected aromaticity
New calculations uncover deeper understanding of the electron delocalisation behaviour in an unusual twisted polyarene
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ResearchBond current graphs offer deeper insights into aromaticity for non-experts
Researchers combine cheap calculations with visual bond-current graphs to give easily interpretable representations of aromaticity in polycyclic compounds
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ResearchDouble aromaticity puts a hex on gallium
Planar hexacoordinate cluster isn’t stable when other group 13 elements replace gallium
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ResearchMöbius metallacycles show their aromaticity with textbook reactivity
First electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions with unusual molecules
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ResearchActinide aromaticity defies predictions
First σ-aromatic thorium cluster extends σ aromaticity to periodic table’s heaviest elements
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FeatureThe search for the grand unification of aromaticity
Researchers have been trying to find a full definition of aromaticity for almost two centuries, and yet keep discovering new types
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ResearchMore metallomimetic chemistry from boron
One boron atom bonds like a transition metal in two different ways
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ResearchWarped nanographene at odds with aromaticity
Scientists discover a π-electron circuit with an odd number of electrons in a polycyclic system
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ResearchHeavy-metal cluster sets size record for metal aromaticity
12 bismuth ring creates ‘substantial’ π aromaticity with only two aromatic electrons
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ResearchTrinuclear complex is a rare example of bottled double aromaticity
First report of a system containing a ruthenium atom that takes part in two different types of aromaticity simultaneously
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ResearchBaird’s rule of aromaticity extended to all-metal systems
Aromaticity concept can help scientists understand the properties of metal clusters