Explain the following: (a) Cyclononatetraenyl anion is planar (in spite of the angle strain involved) and appears
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(a) Cyclononatetraenyl anion is planar (in spite of the angle strain involved) and appears to be aromatic.
(b) Although [16]annulene is not aromatic, it adds two electrons readily to form an aromatic dianion.
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