Abstract
As shown by detailed nucleus-independent chemical shift (NICS) analyses of the contributions of each molecular orbital, the very recently reported gas-phase all-metal Al4Li3- anion and its relatives (Kuznetsov, A.E.; Birch, K.A.; Boldyrev, A.I.; Li, X.; Zhai, A.I.; Wang, L.S. Science 2003, 300, 622) are aromatic rather than antiaromatic. The paratropic (antiaromatic) four-π-electron contribution is overcome by the predominating diatropic effects of σ aromaticity. However, true antiaromatic all-metal clusters, such as Sn62- (Schiemenz, B.; Huttner, G. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 1993, 32, 297), do exist.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 13930-13931 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
| Volume | 125 |
| Issue number | 46 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2003 Nov 19 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Catalysis
- Chemistry(all)
- Biochemistry
- Colloid and Surface Chemistry
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Chen, Z., Corminboeuf, C., Heine, T., Bohmann, J., & Von Ragué Schleyer, P. (2003). Do All-Metal Antiaromatic Clusters Exist? Journal of the American Chemical Society, 125(46), 13930-13931. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja0361392