JEE Main Chemistry question

The non-aromatic compound among the following is [AIEEE 2011]

(A)Cyclopentadienide anion
(B)Naphthalene
(C)Thiophene
(D)Cyclooctatetraenide dianion (drawn simply as cyclooctatetraene, neutral)Correct

Answer: (D)

Solution

Neutral cyclooctatetraene (COT) is tub-shaped (non-planar) with 8 -electrons (a count); it avoids the destabilisation of a planar antiaromatic system by puckering out of plane and behaves as a

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