Is thiophene an aromatic?
1 Answer
Apr 28, 2015
Yes, thiophene is an aromatic compound.
According to Hückel's rule, a planar, conjugated, cyclic molecule is aromatic if it has
The most common aromatic molecule is benzene (
Pyrrole, furan, and thiophene are other aromatic compounds with
The heteroatoms each contribute two electrons to the π system.
However, the resonance stabilization in thiophene (122 kJ/mol) is less than that in benzene (152 kJ/mol), because
But, because thiophene is aromatic, it does not have the properties of ordinary thioethers.