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Q. The radical is aromatic because it hasChemistry Question Image

Organic Chemistry – Some Basic Principles and Techniques

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Because of the presence of $7\, p$-orbitals and $7$ unpaired electrons. It is aromatic in nature as these unpaired electrons delocalise in $p$-orbitals.
The structure of benzyl free radical is

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