Aromaticity Today: Energetic and Structural Criteria

Mikhail Glukhovtsev
School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Sydney, N.S.W. 2006 Australia
J. Chem. Educ., 1997, 74 (1), p 132
DOI: 10.1021/ed074p132
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1997

Abstract

Aromaticity appears to be among the most controversial concepts in modern chemistry. The present paper addresses current controversies in development and applications of the two main criteria of aromaticity, namely, energetic and structural criteria. Various types of resonance energy with an emphasis on homodesmotic and isodesmic stabilization energies have been discussed. Reliability of such structural criteria of aromaticity as equalization of carbon-carbon bond lengths and stability with respect to out-of-plane distortions of a molecular structure has been analyzed using various examples.

Keywords (Audience):

Upper-Division Undergraduate

Keywords (Domain):

Organic Chemistry

Keywords (Subject):

Aromatic Compounds

Citing Articles

View all 24 citing articles

Citation data is made available by participants in CrossRef's Cited-by Linking service. For a more comprehensive list of citations to this article, users are encouraged to perform a search in SciFinder.

This article has been cited by 24 ACS Journal articles (5 most recent appear below).

Tools

SciFinder Links

SciFinder subscribers:  Click to sign in | Not a SciFinder subscriber? Learn more at www.cas.org

Explore by:


History

  • Received: August 03, 2009

Recommend & Share

  • Share on ACS NetworkACS Network
  • Add to FacebookFacebook
  • Tweet ThisTweet This
  • Add to CiteULikeCiteULike
  • Add to NewsvineNewsvine
  • Digg ThisDigg This
  • Add to DeliciousDelicious

Related Content