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Aromaticity and Antiaromaticity in Zintl Clusters
Author(s) -
Liu Chao,
Popov Ivan A.,
Chen Zhongfang,
Boldyrev Alexander I.,
Sun ZhongMing
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201801715
Subject(s) - antiaromaticity , aromaticity , delocalized electron , chemical physics , computational chemistry , chemistry , molecule , reactivity (psychology) , electron delocalization , group (periodic table) , organic chemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Originally, the concepts of aromaticity and antiaromaticity were introduced to explain the stability and reactivity of unsaturated organic compounds. Since then, they have been extended to other species with delocalized electrons including various saturated systems, organometallic compounds, and even inorganic clusters and molecules. In this Minireview, we focus on the most recent progress of using these concepts to guide experimental synthesis and rationalize geometrical and electronic structures of a particular family of polyanions composed of Group 14 and 15 elements, namely Zintl clusters.