a. Cyclooctatetraene (COT) is shown below. Assume the molecule is planar, use the Hückel molecular orbital theory "polygon-in-circle," method to draw a diagram of the relative energies of the a molecular orbitals for COT (you should also fill out this diagram with the correct number of n electrons and indicate which molecular orbitals are bonding, nonbonding, and antibonding). Based solely on the MO diagram (do not consider anything else about the structure you may have learned in class), would this hypothetical planar COT be aromatic, anti-aromatic, or non-aromatic?

a. Cyclooctatetraene (COT) is shown below. Assume the molecule is planar, use the Hückel molecular orbital theory "polygon-in-circle," method to draw a diagram of the relative energies of the a molecular orbitals for COT (you should also fill out this diagram with the correct number of n electrons and indicate which molecular orbitals are bonding, nonbonding, and antibonding). Based solely on the MO diagram (do not consider anything else about the structure you may have learned in class), would this hypothetical planar COT be aromatic, anti-aromatic, or non-aromatic?

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Chapter10: Molecular Structure And Bonding Theories

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Problem 10.101QE: The molecular orbital diagram of NO shown in Figure 10.47 also applies to OF. Draw the complete...

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