Aromaticity Flashcards

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Aromatic

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Cyclic, Planar, interrupted p orbitals around ring, 4n+2 Π electrons
- n= whole number (every other whole numbe 2,6,8 or every odd number of pairs)

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Anti Aromatic

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Cyclic (ring), Planar (flat/trigonal planar), interrupted p orbitals around ring, 4n Π electrons

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Non Aromatic

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Fails either of the aromatic or anti aromatic rules

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Lone Pairs

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  • Heteroatom next to pi bond = sp2
  • Two LP’s on heteroatom, one is in sp2 orbital and other is in P orbital
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