Comments on “Does φ-Aromaticity exist in prismatic {Bi6}-based clusters?”

27 February 2024, Version 2
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Abstract

We read the manuscript by Dariusz W. Szczepanik and Miquel Solà with interest, and recognized several misinterpretations (based on oversimplifications) of our work and also errors that results from inappropriate/insufficient methods applied in their follow-up studies. This led to erroneous statements, which the authors additionally mixed with statements on aromaticity, which does not fully comply with definitions that have been well-established, e.g., for benzene. In this comment, we outline the misinterpretations, errors, and questionable statements, thereby referring to our work and further literature to underline the facts.

Keywords

Aromaticity
Bismuth Cluster
Stability
Ring Currents

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Comment number 2, Dariusz Szczepanik: Mar 02, 2024, 09:38

..."several misinterpretations", "oversimplifications", "errors", "inappropriate", "insufficient", "erroneous", "mixed", "does not fully comply with definitions", "questionable statements"... oh, really? Just wait for our reply with 0%-impertinent-100%scientific arguments ;-)

Comment number 1, Yannick Franzke: Feb 27, 2024, 11:11

This is a comment to the preprint by Szczepanik and Solà DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-dkvdg-v2 and https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-dkvdg-v2