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Grade 12Organic Chemistry

Explain whether p-benzoquinone is aromatic or not and why.

Profile image of Shruti Shukla
10 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Ashutosh Mohan Sharma
10 Years ago
p-benzoquinone is conjugated but not aromatic. It doesnt fulfill all the conditions of Huckel rule. condition which is violated here is thatyou must be able to draw double bonds -internal to the ring- from each ring