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ChemistryGOCAromaticityEasy2 minQB
ChemistryEasysingle choice

Which of the following compounds is not aromatic ? (assume planar rings)

(A) structure

(B) structure

(C) structure

(D) structure

(C) is the cycloheptatrienyl radical.

Options:

Answer:
C
Solution:

(A) pyridine, (B) the pyrylium cation and (D) imidazole each have 6 π electrons in a planar ring : aromatic. (C) the cycloheptatrienyl radical has 7 π electrons (3 C=C + one unpaired electron), which is not 4n+2 : not aromatic.

Stream:JEESubject:ChemistryTopic:GOCSubtopic:Aromaticity
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