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Reply to: [{Th(C8H8)Cl2}3]2− is stable but not aromatic

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replying to B. J. R. Cuyacot & C. Foroutan-Nejad Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04319-z (2022).

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Fig. 1: The highest occupied molecular orbital of [{Th(C8H8)Cl2}3K2].

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    Josef T. Boronski, John A. Seed, Adam W. Woodward, Ashley J. Wooles, Louise S. Natrajan, Nikolas Kaltsoyannis & Stephen T. Liddle

  2. Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

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Boronski, J.T., Seed, J.A., Hunger, D. et al. Reply to: [{Th(C8H8)Cl2}3]2− is stable but not aromatic. Nature 603, E21–E22 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04320-6

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