Homoheteroaromaticity: the case study of azepine and dibenzazepine

Org Biomol Chem. 2004 Jun 7;2(11):1587-91. doi: 10.1039/b314742h. Epub 2004 May 11.

Abstract

Geometrical and energetic DFT calculations as well as GIAO and NICS chemical shifts have been calculated for 1H-azepine and 5H-dibenz[b,f]azepine and their cations. The last compound has been studied experimentally by 1H and 13C NMR in neutral and acidic conditions establishing that the cation corresponds to an N-protonated structure. The conclusion is that the neutral molecules are antiaromatic while the cations are aromatic (homoheteroaromaticity).