Gedanken-molecules which are 2D-aromatic-in-3D with six Hückel-aromatic 4n + 2 cycles and with total -electron counts of 8n + 2; a -electron count which is not in line with true 3Daromaticity. As pointed out in the Introduction, 3D aromaticity cannot be reduced to a set of 2D aromatic moieties. This also becomes obvious via the origins of, respectively. the 4n + 2 and 6n + 2 electron counts (Figure ) as the electron counts stem from the different orbital degeneracies in the two aromaticity types.