Aromaticy Study Guide/Cheat Sheet

There are 4 criteria that need to be satisfied in order for a molecule to be aromatic.
- Molecule must be a ring.
- molecule must be planar.
- Every atom in the ring has to be sp2, in order for the ring to be fully conjugated.
- Huckel’s Rule needs to be satisfied. Molecule has to have 4n+2 pi electrons, where n is an integer such as 0,1,2,3……
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