Defining Compact Aromaticity by Chemical Reactivity

Modeling the chemical bond is certainty a major key for describing the chemical reactivity and molecular structures stability. Yet, since the chemical bond is a dynamic state, for the best assessment of its connection with the stability and reactivity, the pre- and post-bonding stages are naturally considered the present discussion follows (Putz, 2010a). 

FIGURE 4.2 Heuristic representation of the concept of atoms-m-molecule (AIM) compactness aromaticity (for the benzene pattern) as the ratio of the pre- and postbased molecule to the (vis-a-vis) post-bonding molecular orbitals (MOL) modeling (Putz, 2010a). 

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