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WBJEE · Chemistry · General Organic Chemistry

The total number of aromatic species generated in the following reactions is

  1. A zero
  2. B 2
  3. C 3
  4. D 4
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(C) 3

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Criteria for aromaticity (Huckel rule) The cyclic \(\pi\) molecular orbital (electron cloud) formed by overlap of \(p\) -orbitals must contalu \((4 n+2) \pi\) -electrons, where \(n=\) integer 0,1,2,3 Pte. This is known as Huckel rule.