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ChemistryGOCAromaticityHard2 minQB
ChemistryHardsingle choice

Explain why A and B are identical compounds, but C and D are different.

(A) structure (B) structure

(C) structure (D) structure

Options:

Answer:
C
Solution:

Benzene is aromatic and its π electrons are delocalised, so A and B are only Kekulé resonance structures of one molecule. Cyclooctatetraene is a non-planar tub with localised double bonds, so the isomers with D on a bond (C) and on a C-C bond (D) are different compounds.

Stream:JEESubject:ChemistryTopic:GOCSubtopic:Aromaticity
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