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Q. Assertion : Cyclopentadienyl anion is aromatic in nature. Reason : Cyclopentadienyl anion has six $\pi$ electrons.

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Solution:

A compound is aromatic if it is planar, having complete delocalisation of the $\pi$ electrons in the ring and has $(4n + 2)\pi$ electrons in the ring where $n$ is an integer. image