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SUBMITTER: Paudel HR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7376970 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Paudel Hari Ram HR Karas Lucas José LJ Wu Judy I-Chia JI
Organic & biomolecular chemistry 20200701 27
σ-Hole bonding interactions (e.g., tetrel, pnictogen, chalcogen, and halogen bonding) can polarize π-electrons to enhance cyclic [4n] π-electron delocalization (i.e., antiaromaticity gain) or cyclic [4n + 2] π-electron delocalization (i.e., aromaticity gain). Examples based on the ketocyclopolyenes: cyclopentadienone, tropone, and planar cyclononatetraenone are presented. Recognizing this relationship has implications, for example, for tuning the electronic properties of fulvene-based π-conjugat ...[more]