AROMATICITY and ANTIAROMATICITY

[boris simkin <simkin -8 at 8- chemres.tn.cornell.edu>]

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                        AROMATICITY and ANTIAROMATICITY
                       Electronic and Structural Aspects
                   by V. Minkin, M. Glukhovtsev & B. Simkin
 The concept of aromaticity is vital in theoretical chemistry.  Its versatility
 and usefulness for the systematization and prediction of peculiarities of
 structure and reactivity of organic compounds are well proven.  Recent years
 have seen a virtual explosion in the development of various criteria of
 aromaticity and in theoretical work aimed at gaining a deeper insight into the
 origins of this phenomenon.
 This work critically analyzes the different approaches to the quantitative
 description of aromaticity, according to principal physical criteria, scope and
 limitations.  Unlike earlier works on the subject, AROMATICITY and
 ANTIAROMATICITY emphasizes the role modern THEORETICAL and COMPUTIONAL chemistry
 has played in the development of the concept and
 its expansion into new branches of chemistry such as ORGANOMETALLIC
 and CLUSTER structures, compounds withTHREE-DIMENSIONAL structures and SATURATED
 compounds.
 Written for specialists and graduate students in PHYSICAL, ORGANIC and
 ORGANOMETALLIC chemistry, this work clarifies definitions, criteria,
  theoretical background and recent development and applications.  The book...
         Helps chemists integrate the results of calculations on molecules
         and ions into the general body of chemical knowledge
         Includes important experimental observations on aromatic structures and
         behavior
         Provides an extensive bibliography covering the literature up through
         1992 and end-of chapter references, presenting readers with all the
         sources necessary for further research.
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
 Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION
 Chapter 2. CRITERIA OF AROMATICITY AND ANTIAROMATICITY
 2.1. Demands on these criteria
 2.2. Energetic criteria
 2.3. Structural criteria
 2.4. Magnetic criteria
 2.5. Other criteria of aromaticity and antiaromaticity
 2.6. Interrelation between various types of aromaticity indices
 Chapter 3. DELOCALIZATION MODES AND ELECTRON-COUNT RULES
 3.1. Aromaticity types stemming from the ribbon delocalization in a cyclic
      system with planar or distorted planar geometry of a ring
 3.2. Aromaticity types due to surface delocalization
 3.3. Volume delocalization
 3.4. Electron-count rules, the Huckel rule
 Chapter 4. ANNULENES, MONOCYCLIC CONJUGATED IONS AND ANNULENOANNULENES
  4.1. Annulenes
  4.2. Monocyclic aromatic and antiaromatic ions
 Chapter 5. HETEROAROMATICITY
  5.1. General trends observed in the change of the aromatic character due to
         heterosubstitution
 5.2. Heterocyclic analogs of annulenes and monocyclic conjugated ions
 5.3. Nitrogen and phosphorus analogs of annulenes and monocyclic conjugated
        ions
  5.4. Aromaticity concept in chemistry of heavier group 14 elements (the
         analogs of carbon)
 Chapter 6. HOMOAROMATICITY
 6.1. General Outline
 6.2. Qualitative Approach
 6.3. Homoaromatic Cations
 6.4. Does Homoaromaticity Take Place for Anions?
 6.5. Can Neutral Molecules Manifest Homoaromaticity?
 Chapter 7.  sigma-AROMATICITY
 7.1. sigma-Delocalization and sigma-Conjugation
 7.2. sigma-Aromaticity
 Chapter 8. IN-PLANE AND RADIAL AROMATICITY
 Chapter 9. THREE-DIMENSIONAL AROMATICITY
 9.1. Resonance energies of polyhedral organometallics
 9.2. Pyramidal organic molecules and ions
 9.3. Sandwich and bipyramidal structures
 9.4. Three-dimensional aromaticity and electron counting in clusters
 Chapter 10. SPHERICAL AROMATICITY
 Chapter 11. IS THE PHYSICAL NATURE OF ARTOMATICITY KNOWN?
 April 1994                      366pp.                  $79.95
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