Organic Chemistry
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Author: John E. McMurry
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 15.6, Problem 11P
Interpretation Introduction
Interpretation:
Whether azulene, an isomer of naphthalene, is
Concept introduction:
According to Huckel’s rule a planar, cyclic conjugated system will be aromatic if it contains (4n+2)Ï€ electrons. Systems with 4nÏ€ electrons will be antiaromatic.
Resonance structures differ only in the position of lone pair or its π electrons. The position of atoms in different resonance forms do not differ. They do not represent the actual structure of the molecule. The actual structure is a hybrid of all the resonance forms possible.
To state:
Whether azulene, an isomer of naphthalene, is aromatic.
To draw:
Another resonance form of azulene in addition to that shown.
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Chapter 15 Solutions
Organic Chemistry
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