Organic Chemistry (9th Edition)
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Author: Leroy G. Wade, Jan W. Simek
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Chapter 16.8C, Problem 16.12P
Explain why each compound or ion should be aromatic, antiaromatic, or nonaromatic.
- f. the [20]annulene dication
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