Aromaticity: Quo Vadis.
Gabriel MerinoMiquel SoláIsrael FernándezCina Foroutan-NejadPaolo LazzerettiGernot FrenkingHarry L AndersonDage SundholmFernando P CossíoMarina A PetrukhinaJishan WuJudy I-Chia WuAlbeiro RestrepoPublished in: Chemical science (2023)
Aromaticity is one of the most deeply rooted concepts in chemistry. But why, if two-thirds of existing compounds can be classified as aromatic, is there no consensus on what aromaticity is? σ-, π-, δ-, spherical, Möbius, or all-metal aromaticity… why are so many attributes needed to specify a property? Is aromaticity a dubious concept? This perspective aims to reflect where the aromaticity community is and where it is going.