Is cyclobutene aromatic?

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Is cyclobutene aromatic?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-05T00:16:48

No. It has no electron delocalization at all.

One of the bare minimum requirements for aromaticity is that besides being cyclic, and having $2 n + 2$ $2n+2$ $π$ $pi$ electrons within the ring, the compound has to have electron delocalization all throughout the ring.

Consider the structure of cyclobutene:

That's all its $π$ $pi$ electrons can do, sadly. Even cyclobutadiene is not aromatic, though it may appear to have full electron delocalization.

CHALLENGE: Are $π$ $pi$ electrons localized or delocalized in a cyclopentadiene deprotonated at the alkyl carbon? If so, draw resonance structures for it.

ANSWER: Look here.

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