All Aromaticity articles – Page 2

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Magnetic shielding maps reveal molecules’ aromaticity

2020-08-04T08:30:00Z

Computational method is intuitive way to visualise Clar’s rule in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
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Introducing the tubulararenes, a new class of strained aromatic compounds

2020-07-22T08:30:00Z

Electroactive container molecules built from the bottom-up
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Uranium and thorium make their debut in dual aromatic–antiaromatic molecule

2020-02-27T09:32:00Z

First two metallabiphenylene compounds synthesised
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Four-leaf clover molecule with metal centre is first in a new family of aromatics

2020-02-13T14:30:00Z

First molecule made of four fused aromatic rings around an osmium atom
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First benzene-mimicking molecule made entirely from palladium

2020-01-24T09:30:00Z

Palladium hexagon is a rare example of all-metal aromatic nanocluster
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Largest molecular wheel ever made pushes limits of aromaticity rules

2020-01-22T09:30:00Z

Giant, 162 π-electron aromatic ring shows that we haven’t reached the upper limit of Hückel’s rule yet
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Trigold anion is first example of strange twisted aromaticity

2019-11-27T14:40:00Z

A blue tin–gold cluster is the first to show in-plane σ-Möbius aromaticity
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Double aromaticity found in boron analogue of metallabenzene

2019-11-07T09:30:00Z

Boron–rhenium cluster is both σ- and π-aromatic
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Mystery of whether or not kekulene is superaromatic unravelled after 41 years

2019-10-22T12:37:00Z

Second-ever synthesis and first atomic resolution images of superbenzene reveal its electronic nature
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Molecular amplifier makes purest chiral Möbius aromatic

2019-07-16T14:34:00Z

Stack of chiral components creates most enantiopure twisted aromatic ring ever made
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New rule predicts stabilising aromaticity in open-shell metal clusters

2019-05-21T10:12:00Z

Magic numbers for jellium aromaticity could help researchers find stable high-spin molecules
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First radial-conjugated aromatic that does the twist

2019-05-02T14:47:00Z

Figure-of-eight shaped molecule is the first with a radial π-electron system
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Polycyclic hydrocarbons finally make waves

2019-04-08T15:18:00Z

New aromaticity insights could help advance organic electronics
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16 benzene rings make up bulkiest ever acene

2019-03-08T14:38:00Z

Largest perphenylacene behaves like tetracene in an inert hydrocarbon sheath
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First four-twist aromatic molecule made

2018-10-22T09:34:00Z

A di-palladium complex with 54 π electrons is the first quadruply twisted aromatic molecule
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First double aromatic molecule made

2018-10-12T09:31:00Z

Hexaselenyl benzene cation is the first stable molecule with an aromatic ring inside another aromatic ring
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Hydrogen bonds help porphyrin bend aromaticity rules

2018-09-12T14:29:00Z

Molecule undergoes unprecedented topology switch from Möbius aromatic to Hückel anti-aromatic when immersed in polar solvent
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Helicene twists aromaticity to its limit

2017-10-17T12:25:00Z

Six-pronged molecule contains the most twisted and least aromatic benzene ring found yet
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Chemists reinvent the wheel

2017-10-07T09:03:00Z

Symmetrical gold and niobium cluster with unusually short Nb–Nb bond
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Smallest antiaromatic molecule synthesised

2017-09-18T14:58:00Z

Singlet cyclopentadienyl zwitterion is the first genuine example of a small antiaromatic molecule