Sunday 24 May 2015

organic chemistry - Why is cyclopentadiene anion is aromatic but cycloheptatrienyl anion is not?


I just can't seem to figure this out. The cyclopentadienyl anion (1) is aromatic, but the cycloheptatrienyl anion (2) is not, though its cation (3) is. Why?


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