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Möbius Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Challenges for Theory and Synthesis
Author(s) -
Kawase Takeshi,
Oda Masaji
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200460050
Subject(s) - aromaticity , atomic orbital , computational chemistry , field (mathematics) , theoretical physics , chemistry , nanotechnology , physics , materials science , organic chemistry , mathematics , quantum mechanics , molecule , pure mathematics , electron
Twisting a belt‐shaped loop of p orbitals results in a Möbius structure (see scheme). Only recently have synthetic chemists realized this idea first proposed by Heilbronner 40 years ago. The interaction of theory and synthesis, which has distinguished the concept of aromaticity since its inception, has opened a new chapter in this field.