Yu.Zhao Probing the anti-aromatic benzene

Turning aromatic benzene to anti-aromatic by freezing its resonance structure.

1.Subramanian, G.; Schleyer, P. v. R.; Jiao, H., Aromaticity of Annelated Borepins. Organometallics 1997, 16 (11), 2362-2369.

Table of NICS value, HOMA, ELF-pi,MCI

Bond length (Å)

hydrogenation energy (containing different C-C bond hydrogenation )