Published in Henry Rzepa's Blog

Homoaromaticity is a special case of aromaticity in which π-conjugation is interrupted by a single sp 3 hybridized carbon atom (it is sometimes referred to as a suspended π-bond with no underlying σ-foundation). But consider the carbene shown below. This example comes from a recently published article[cite]10.1021/ja407116e[/cite] which was highlighted on Steve Bachrach’s blog.

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