Given below are two statements : Statement I : Tropolone is an aromatic compound and has … electrons. Statement II : … electrons of … group in tropolone is involved in aromaticity. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Option B. Let's analyze the structure of tropolone to evaluate the given statements.

Basics of Organic Chemistry

JEE Main 2023 · 13 Apr, Evening shift · Q78

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Given below are two statements : Statement I : Tropolone is an aromatic compound and has

8 \pi

electrons. Statement II :

\pi

electrons of

> \mathrm{C}=\mathrm{O}

group in tropolone is involved in aromaticity. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below: