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Aromatic Compounds

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Explain the following: a.) The cycloheptatrienyl anion is antiaromatic,
whereas the cyclononatetraenyl anion is planar (in spite of the angle
stain involved) and appears to be aromatic. b.) Although [16] annulene
is not aromatic, it adds two electrons readily to form an aromatic
dianion.
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