Talk:Cyclotetradecaheptaene

somewhat unstable
What does the word 'somewhat' in this case mean? 'Somewhat unstable' may mean "a bit destabilized" but also "highly unstable". As far as I know both is possible: Since triphenylmethane in its planar shape would have a similar strain situation between the phenyl rings, resulting in a non-planar arrangement of the molecule, the ring strain in 14-annulene is not negligible. But still it should be energetically favoured for 14-annulene to be planar because otherwise it loses its aromaticity. Which effect is stronger now? --79.243.239.213 (talk) 19:22, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

Nonplanar aromatic?!?
Aromaticity requires planarity. How would it be aromatic??? Alfa-ketosav (talk) 12:14, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree. That didn't seem right so I made some corrections based on added references.  Thanks for catching the problem and reporting it here.  -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:56, 29 July 2018 (UTC)