Aromaticity and Antiaromaticity

Designed to assist chemists in integrating the results of calculations on molecules and ions into their general body of chemical knowledge. Contains recent contributions from theoretical and computational chemistry to the development of the concept of aromaticity (antiaromaticity) and its expansion into new areas such as organometallic and cluster compounds and three-dimensional structures. Updates the modern status of aromaticity and covers basic principles and experimental applications. Criteria of Aromaticity and Antiaromaticity.

Delocalization Modes and Electron-Count Rules.

Annulenes, Monocyclic Conjugated Ions, and Annulenoannulenes.

Heteroaromaticity.

Homoaromaticity.

sigma-Aromaticity.

In-Plane and Radial Aromaticity.

Three-Dimensional Aromaticity.

Spherical Aromaticity.

Is the Physical Nature of Aromaticity Known?.

Index.

Vladimir I. Minkin and Mikhail N. Glukhovtsev are the authors of Aromaticity and Antiaromaticity: Electronic and Structural Aspects, published by Wiley.