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Offline chehemi123

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mock aromatic compound
« on: October 12, 2012, 12:34:07 PM »
Why is the S42+ cation called a mock aromatic compound ?  ???
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Offline fledarmus

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Re: mock aromatic compound
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2012, 01:02:52 PM »
Draw the structure of S42+. Assume that it is a ring structure with S-S single bonds. Draw the lone pairs, assuming sp2 hybridization.

Compare the resulting structure with Huckel's rules of aromaticity.
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