[laucch]

Need some confirmation. Is 4,7-methano-1H-indene,octahydro considered a aromatic??

[sjb]

Need some confirmation. Is 4,7-methano-1H-indene,octahydro considered a aromatic??

What definitions of aromaticity do you know?

[Vidya]

okay check
1. (4n+2)pi electrons participate in delocalization (huckel's rule )
Do you have pi electrons in the structure?
2. complete planar structure
Is it a complete planar structure???

[walter_white]

Need some confirmation. Is 4,7-methano-1H-indene,octahydro considered a aromatic??

Do out your MO diagram. I think MO theory is missing in organic chemistry teaching. Maybe we'll get on to it more next year.

Im in second year and only started approaching organic bonding via MO theory as opposed to just curly arrows.

I find i can understand reactions better and degrees of nucleophilicity better etc.

[laucch]

okay check
1. (4n+2)pi electrons participate in delocalization (huckel's rule )
Do you have pi electrons in the structure?
2. complete planar structure
Is it a complete planar structure???

Thanks, I guess both are no. Do you think it will show the same color as aromatics under UV light? I am doing some chromatography work, my sample aromatics content is overestimated, not sure it is because of this.