Structure–Property Relationships in Unsymmetric Bis(antiaromatics): Who Wins the Battle between Pentalene and Benzocyclobutadiene?
Péter J. Mayer, Ouissam El Bakouri, Tamás Holczbauer, Gergely F. Samu, Csaba Janáky, Henrik Ottosson, Gábor London
Abstract
]π subunits. We found that in the latter case the BCB unit alleviated its unfavorable antiaromaticity more efficiently, leaving the pentalene with strong antiaromaticity. Thus, a reversed structure-antiaromaticity relationship when compared to aceno-pentalenes was achieved.
Topics & Concepts
AntiaromaticityPentaleneAceneMoleculeChemistryRing (chemistry)Topology (electrical circuits)AromaticityStereochemistryCrystallographyOrganic chemistryMathematicsCombinatoricsSynthesis and Properties of Aromatic CompoundsAxial and Atropisomeric Chirality SynthesisPhotochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry