Given below are two statements : Statement I : Tropolone is an aromatic compound and has 8 π electrons.…

Given below are two statements :

Statement I : Tropolone is an aromatic compound and has 8π electrons.

Statement II : π electrons of >C=O group in tropolone is involved in aromaticity. In the light of the above statements choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. Statement I is true but Statement II is false
  2. Statement I is false but Statement II is true
  3. Both Statement I and Statement II are false
  4. Both Statement I and Statement II are true

Solution

Tropolone is an aromatic compound and has 8πelectrons (6πe-are endocyclic and 2πe- are exocyclic) and π electrons of >C=O group in tropolone is not involved in aromaticity.

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