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Offline Åke

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Re: aromatics (huckel rule?)
« Reply #15 on: June 01, 2011, 07:42:28 PM »
A nice example of a compound containing an aromatic ring which clearly deviates from planarity is the cyclophane alkaloid Haouamine A:


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Re: aromatics (huckel rule?)
« Reply #16 on: June 02, 2011, 09:18:21 AM »
Check out the chapter on aromaticity in March's. It covers a number of examples dealing with non-plainarity, skipped conjugation, and other strange things. Also a good discussion of what aromatic and anti-aromatic actually mean.
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