Why do we consider a benzene as an aromatic compound?

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anor277
Apr 20, 2018

Why, well we got #6*pi# electrons delocalized around a carbocycle.

Explanation:

And formal treatments of aromaticity speak of the of the #"aromaticity"# of #(4n+2)pi# electrons, and the #"antiaromaticity"# of #(4n)pi# electrons.

And so benzene (and pyrrole and furan etc.), with #6pi# electrons delocalized around a ring is considered to be aromatic.

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