The ring systems having the following characteristics are aromatic.
(i) Planar ring containing conjugated bonds.
(ii) Complete delocalization of the −electrons in the ring system i.e. each atom in the ring has unhybridized p-orbital, and
(iii) Presence of −electrons in the ring where n is an integer (n = 0, 1, 2,………..) [Huckel rule].
Using this information classify the following compounds as aromatic/nonaromatic.
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It is aromatic since the ring is planar, has complete delocalization of electrons, also 6-electrons is there. |
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2 |
It is non-aromatic because the ring is non-planar, and has incomplete delocalisation of electrons, 6 electrons is present there. |
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3 |
It is aromatic since the ring is planar, has complete delocalization of electrons, also 6-electrons are there.
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4 |
It is non-aromatic because the ring is non-planar, and has incomplete delocalization of electrons, 4 electrons are present there.
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5 |
It is aromatic since the ring is planar, has complete delocalisation of electrons. Juckel rule is obeyed here |
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6 |
It is aromatic since the ring is planar, and has complete delocalization of electrons. Huckel rule is obeyed here |
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7 |
It is non-aromatic because the ring is planar, has incomplete delocalization of electrons, 8 electrons is present there |