The paper introduces general considerations on structural properties of aromatic, antiaromatic and non-aromatic conjugated systems in terms of potential energy along bond length alternation and distortion coordinates, taking as examples benzene, cyclobutadiene and cyclooctatetraene. Pentalene, formally derived from cyclooctatetraene by cross linking, is also considered as a typical antiaromatic...

As far as microbial world concerned on earth, there are large number of domains has shown the potential for various applications. Fungal domain is one of them. Since the discovery of penicillin, various fungi has been harnessed for a large number of applications. Still there is a requirement of novel products for human welfare and development. So what are the fungi of next door? Are the fungal ...

To study the structure-activity relationship of mugineic acid (MA), a phytosiderophore isolated from Hordeum velugare L. var. Minorimugi, several 2-deoxymugineic acid (DMA) analogues were synthesized. 1H-NMR spectra of DMA analogues and their Co(III) complexes were first measured and analyzed to elucidate the structures of metal complexes. CD spectra of the Co(III) and Fe(III) complexes of DMA ...

This article will highlight our recent work using conjugated oligomers as precursors to electroactive polymer films and self-assembling nanomaterials. One area of investigation has focused on nonbenzenoid aromaticity in the context of charge delocalization in conjugated polymers. In these studies, polymerizable pi-conjugated units were coupled onto unusual aromatic cores such as methano[10]annu...