Photochemistry driven by excited‐state aromaticity gain or antiaromaticity relief

J Yan, T Slanina, J Bergman… - Chemistry–A European …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Gain of aromaticity or relief of antiaromaticity along a reaction path are important factors to
consider in mechanism studies. Analysis of such changes along potential energy surfaces …

[HTML][HTML] The application of aromaticity and antiaromaticity to reaction mechanisms

Q Zhu, S Chen, D Chen, L Lin, K ** acene dimers fused with an 8π cyclooctatetraene (COT) ring showed
distinct excited‐state dynamics in solution. While the anthracene dimer showed a fast V …