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Stabilities of the oxocarbon dianions and some quasi-aromatic compounds can be rationalized in terms of Gimarc’s topological charge stabilization rule. The term “quasi-aromatic” is recommended for describing those non-aromatic compounds which behave like aromatics owing to the operation of this rule.
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Jun‐ichi Aihara (1987) studied this question.
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