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Q. Which of the following compound is not aromatic?

UPSEEUPSEE 2013Hydrocarbons

Solution:

According to Huckel's rule, the planar cyclically conjugated structures having $(4 n+2) \pi$ electrons (where, $n$ is $0,1,2$ etc) are considered as aromatic compounds.

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However, cyclobutadien have $4 n \pi$ electrons which are involved in cyclic delocalisation are referred to as anti aromatic compounds.

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