Q.Identify giving reason whether the following compounds are aromatic or not.
A. B. C. D. (structures as printed in the textbook)
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Aromaticity, formalised by Huckel's rule, is the property responsible for benzene's -- and every aromatic compound's -- unusual stability and preference for substitution over addition, arising from extensive cyclic delocalisation of pi electrons in a planar ring. Three conditions together define an aromatic compound: it must be cyclic and planar, with every ring atom sp2-hybridised (hence bearing an available p-orbital); every ring atom's p-orbital must be parallel to its neighbours so continuous overlap is possible all the way around; and, only once these structural conditions are met, the resulting cyclic pi system must contain (4n+2) pi electrons for some whole number n. Benzene (6 pi electrons, n=1), naphthalene (10 pi electrons, n=2), and pyridine (6 pi electrons in the ring system, with nitrogen's lone pair sitting separately) a …
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