Issue 75, 2012

The chemistry of four-membered aromatics

Abstract

This article provides an overview on the aromatic systems of four-membered rings. These aromatic four-membered ring systems are rather exotic because of a poor correspondence between the Hückel rule and the structure of four-membered rings. Consequently, such aromatics are generally dications or dianions, to form 2π or 6π electron systems respectively. Alternatively, the use of open-shell structures or empty d-orbitals of transition metal atoms could give neutral aromatic four-membered ring systems. This paper summarizes the four-membered aromatic compounds reported to date and describes the various methods for evaluating their aromaticity.

Graphical abstract: The chemistry of four-membered aromatics

  • This article is part of the themed collection: Aromaticity

Article information

Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
27 feb 2012
Accepted
09 jul 2012
First published
10 jul 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 9334-9342

The chemistry of four-membered aromatics

Y. Matsuo and M. Maruyama, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 9334 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC34244H

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