The important role of the phosphorus lon
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D. B. Chesnut; L. D. Quin
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Article
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2007
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Calculations on phosphole systems using the G3MP2B3 model chemistry show that the phosphorus lone pair is critical to the system's aromaticity. Protonation of the lone pair results in antiaromatic molecules as measured by homomolecular homodesmotic reactions. Attempts to separate out ef