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Organic Chemistry

For considering stability of a compund on the basis of aromaticity do we need to consider only anti-aromatic compounds to be unstable or also compounds which are non-aromatic

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14 Years agoGrade
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Profile image of Chetan Mandayam Nayakar
14 Years ago

Aromatic compounds are stable compared to ALL other compounds. Aromaticity and anti-aromaticity are concepts from advanced quantum mechanics.