D 3h CN 3 Be 3+ and CO 3 Li 3+: viable planar hexacoordinate carbon prototypes

YB Wu, Y Duan, G Lu, HG Lu, P Yang… - Physical Chemistry …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Searches for planar hexacoordinate carbon (phC) species comprised of only seven atoms
uncovered good CX3M3 prototypes, D3h CN3Be3+ and CO3Li3+. The latter is the global …

From six to eight Π-electron bare rings of group-XIV elements and beyond: can planarity be deciphered from the “quasi-molecules” they embed?

AJC Varandas - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Ab initio molecular orbital theory is used to study the structures of six and eight π-electron
bare rings of group-XIV elements, and even larger [n] annulenes up to C18H18, including …

Why cyclooctatetraene is highly stabilized: the importance of “Two-Way”(Double) hyperconjugation

JI Wu, I Fernández, Y Mo… - Journal of Chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Despite its highly nonplanar geometry, the tub-shaped D 2 d cyclooctatetraene (COT)
minimum is far from being an unconjugated polyene model devoid of important π …

Graphene‐induced planarization of cyclooctatetraene derivatives

AA Kroeger, A Karton - Journal of Computational Chemistry, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Stable equilibrium compounds containing a planar antiaromatic cyclooctatetraene (COT)
ring are promising candidates for organic electronic devices such as organic semiconductor …

A comparative study of the aromaticity of pyrrole, furan, thiophene, and their aza-derivatives

K Najmidin, A Kerim, P Abdirishit, H Kalam… - Journal of molecular …, 2013 - Springer
The relative aromaticity of pyrrole, furan, thiophene, and their aza-derivatives has been
examined using TRE (topological resonance energy), MRE (magnetic resonance energy) …

Analysis of the aromaticity of five-membered heterometallacycles containing Os, Ru, Rh, and Ir

R Islas, J Poater, M Sola - Organometallics, 2014 - ACS Publications
We study the molecular structure and aromaticity in a series of experimental and new in
silico designed five-membered heterometallacycles with general formula M (XC3H3)(PH3) …

Characterization of resonance structures in aromatic rings of benzene and its heavier-element analogues

T Sugahara, D Hashizume, N Tokitoh… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
We present the experimental visualization of the valence-electron-density distribution in
benzene and its kinetically stabilized heavier-element analogues, ie, 1, 2-disilabenzene and …

Molecular geometry as a source of electronic structure of π-electron systems and their physicochemical properties

H Szatylowicz, PA Wieczorkiewicz, TM Krygowski - Aromaticity, 2021 - Elsevier
This chapter shows the advantages of knowing the geometry of the molecule, available from
a traditional or in silico experiment. Geometry-based aromaticity index HOMA (harmonic …

Influence of fluoro and cyano substituents in the aromatic and antiaromatic characteristics of cyclooctatetraene

G Sánchez-Sanz, C Trujillo, I Rozas… - Physical Chemistry …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
An exhaustive and systematic study of the structural and electronic properties of
cyclooctatetraene (COT) upon substitution of hydrogen atoms by fluoro and cyano groups …

Study on the global and local aromaticity of BN-Substituted naphthalene analogues

T Aydan, A Kerim - Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 2025 - Elsevier
The topological resonance energy (TRE) method was employed to investigate the
aromaticity of BN-substituted naphthalene molecules. To study the local aromaticity of the …