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Despite their rigid, orthogonal π-systems and synthetic modularity, allenes remain underexplored in functional material design. Here, we report that tetraaryl-substituted allenes undergo clean and rev...

[2.2]Paracyclophane (PCP) scaffolds, with their rigid, non-planar geometries and through-space π-conjugation, offer a unique platform for the development of advanced optoelectronic materials. In this ...

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Nature Chemistry - The discovery of benzene two centuries ago marked a turning point in chemistry. From contributing to the development of chemical bonding concepts, to its practical use in the...

Over the past ∼15 years our group has performed multiple structure/properties relationship studies to assess how logical structural refinement can affect the antiaromaticity/diradicaloid continuum. Us...

Photoswitching molecules like the azoarenes have myriad potential applications, ranging from energy storage to targeted drug delivery. Upon irradiation, azoarenes convert from an E-form to a Z-form. T...

Geminal hyperconjugation can play an important role in heavy-atom tunnelling reactions that involve three-membered rings. We demonstrate this relationship in a case study of the equilibrium between ox...

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Topological charge stabilization rules explain how heteroatom placements in heteroaromatic-fused s-indacenes (ID) and dicyclopenta[b,g]naphthalenes (IID) modulate the paratropicities of the [4n] core....

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Study suggests such reactions should instead be described as either 'Woodward-Hoffmann favoured' or 'Woodward-Hoffmann disfavoured'