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Cyclobutadiene undergoes a Jahn-Teller effect.

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Cyclobutadiene undergoes structural distortion to relieve its antiaromatic instability, a phenomenon directly tied to Jahn-Teller effects.

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A stable free tetragermacyclobutadiene incorporating fused-ring bulky EMind groups.

2018 · cited by 13

Notes that the antiaromaticity of cyclobutadiene analogues is stabilized by Jahn-Teller distortion yielding a rhombic structure.

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Cycloadditions with a Stable Charge-Separated Cyclobutadiene-Type Amido-Substituted Silicon Ring Compound.

2021 · cited by 10

Describes cyclobutadiene analogues as featuring distorted ring geometries (charge-separated structures with distinct bond lengths) characteristic of Jahn-Teller distortion in antiaromatic rings.

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