py.Aroma: An Intuitive Graphical User Interface for Diverse Aromaticity Analyses

The nucleus-independent chemical shift (NICS) criterion plays a significant role in evaluating (anti-)aromaticity. While being readily accessible even for non-computational chemists, adding ghost atoms for multi-points NICS evaluations poses a significant challenge. In this article, I introduce py.A...

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Main Author: Zhe Wang
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-12-01
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description The nucleus-independent chemical shift (NICS) criterion plays a significant role in evaluating (anti-)aromaticity. While being readily accessible even for non-computational chemists, adding ghost atoms for multi-points NICS evaluations poses a significant challenge. In this article, I introduce py.Aroma 4, a freely available and open-source Python package designed specifically for analyzing (anti-)aromaticity. Through its user-friendly graphical interface, py.Aroma simplifies and enhances aromaticity analyses by offering key features such as HOMA/HOMER index computation, Gaussian-type input file generation for diverse NICS calculations and corresponding output processing, NMR spectra plotting, and computational supporting information (SI) generation for scientific manuscripts. Additionally, NICS<sub>⊥</sub> is suggested for evaluating (anti-)aromaticity for non-planar or tilted rings. Pre-compiled executables for macOS and Windows are freely available online. Facilitate accessibility for users lacking programming experience or time constraints.
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spelling doaj-art-4ada8827c0de4ccf85ba5c273239aeee2025-08-20T02:57:07ZengMDPI AGChemistry2624-85492024-12-01661692170310.3390/chemistry6060103py.Aroma: An Intuitive Graphical User Interface for Diverse Aromaticity AnalysesZhe Wang0Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, JapanThe nucleus-independent chemical shift (NICS) criterion plays a significant role in evaluating (anti-)aromaticity. While being readily accessible even for non-computational chemists, adding ghost atoms for multi-points NICS evaluations poses a significant challenge. In this article, I introduce py.Aroma 4, a freely available and open-source Python package designed specifically for analyzing (anti-)aromaticity. Through its user-friendly graphical interface, py.Aroma simplifies and enhances aromaticity analyses by offering key features such as HOMA/HOMER index computation, Gaussian-type input file generation for diverse NICS calculations and corresponding output processing, NMR spectra plotting, and computational supporting information (SI) generation for scientific manuscripts. Additionally, NICS<sub>⊥</sub> is suggested for evaluating (anti-)aromaticity for non-planar or tilted rings. Pre-compiled executables for macOS and Windows are freely available online. Facilitate accessibility for users lacking programming experience or time constraints.https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8549/6/6/103aromaticityNICSICSSHOMANMR
spellingShingle Zhe Wang
py.Aroma: An Intuitive Graphical User Interface for Diverse Aromaticity Analyses
Chemistry
aromaticity
NICS
ICSS
HOMA
NMR
title py.Aroma: An Intuitive Graphical User Interface for Diverse Aromaticity Analyses
title_full py.Aroma: An Intuitive Graphical User Interface for Diverse Aromaticity Analyses
title_fullStr py.Aroma: An Intuitive Graphical User Interface for Diverse Aromaticity Analyses
title_full_unstemmed py.Aroma: An Intuitive Graphical User Interface for Diverse Aromaticity Analyses
title_short py.Aroma: An Intuitive Graphical User Interface for Diverse Aromaticity Analyses
title_sort py aroma an intuitive graphical user interface for diverse aromaticity analyses
topic aromaticity
NICS
ICSS
HOMA
NMR
url https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8549/6/6/103
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