Why is benzene aromatic?

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Why is benzene aromatic?

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Answer 1 · 2017-06-29T04:32:23

Because it has $6$ $6$ $π$ $pi$ electrons constrained, and delocalized around a ring.

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Benzene satisfies the Huckel criterion, i.e. ; it has $4 n + 2 = 6$ $4n+2=6$ $π$ $pi$ electrons delocalized around a planar ring. This confers special stability, and special reactivity. While benzene is an aromatic carbocycle, heterocyclic aromatics exist, e.g. pyrrole, $C_{4} H_{4} N H$ $C_4H_4NH$ , furan, $C_{4} H_{4} O$ $C_4H_4O$ , etc, in which the lone pairs on the heteroatom are delocalized.

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