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Frontispiece: Usefulness of the σ‐Aromaticity and σ‐Antiaromaticity Concepts for Clusters and Solid‐State Compounds
Author(s) -
Popov Ivan A.,
Starikova Alyona A.,
Steglenko Dmitry V.,
Boldyrev Alexander I.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201880262
Subject(s) - aromaticity , antiaromaticity , delocalized electron , cluster (spacecraft) , chemical physics , solid state , computational chemistry , chemistry , materials science , computer science , molecule , organic chemistry , programming language
The usefulness of the concepts of σ‐aromaticity and σ‐antiaromaticity in the chemistry of small clusters to bulky solid‐state compounds is discussed in this Review. For example, the counter‐intuitive geometry of the global minimum structure of the Li 2 Mg 2 cluster can be explained by using the σ‐aromaticity based on the particular delocalized bonding pattern and energy considerations. For more details of different examples, see the Review by A. I. Boldyrev and co‐workers on page 292 ff.