JEE Main · 2023 · Shift-IIhardGOC-072

Given statements about Tropolone: Statement-I: Tropolone is aromatic and has 8π electrons. Statement-II: π electrons of…

General Organic Chemistry (GOC) · Class 11 · JEE Main Previous Year Question

Question

Given statements about Tropolone:

Statement-I: Tropolone is aromatic and has 8π electrons. Statement-II: π electrons of >C=O group in tropolone is involved in aromaticity.

Choose the correct option:

Options
  1. a

    Both true

  2. b

    Statement-I true but Statement-II false

  3. c

    Statement-I false but Statement-II true

  4. d

    Both false

Correct Answerb

Statement-I true but Statement-II false

Detailed Solution

image Tropolone has a total of 8 π electrons, but only 6 π electrons within the ring are involved in aromaticity. The first statement is correct that it has aromatic character and 8 π electrons.

Second statement is incorrect because the pi electrons of the carbonyl group are not involved in aromaticity.

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