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ReviewNature reviews. Chemistry2026

The concept of aromaticity after 200 years of benzene.

F Matthias Bickelhaupt, Gabriel Merino, Miquel Solà

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Review in Nature reviews. Chemistry, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

F Matthias BickelhauptDepartment of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. F.M.Bickelhaupt@vu.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4655-7747
Gabriel MerinoDepartamento de Física Aplicada, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Mérida, México. gmerino@cinvestav.mx.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1961-8321
Miquel SolàInstitute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis and Department of Chemistry, Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain. miquel.sola@udg.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1917-7450

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The concept of aromaticity has expanded over recent decades, from equilibrium structures to transition states, from two-dimensional to three-dimensional systems, from ground to excited states, from main-group elements to metals, and from classical π-aromaticity to σ-, δ- and even ϕ-aromaticity. Consequently, the number of species classified as aromatic has grown dramatically, with an estimated two-thirds of known compounds displaying full or partial aromatic character. However, the various forms of aromaticity are described in disparate and unconnected ways, preventing cross-disciplinary understanding. This Review summarizes the fundamental features of aromaticity and examines key developments of the past decade, with particular focus on excited-state aromaticity, three-dimensional aromaticity and metallaaromaticity.

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