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Which of the following is an aromatic species?

  1. Acyclopropenyl cation,
  2. Bcyclobuta-1,3-diene
  3. Ccyclopenta-2,4-dien-1-ylium (cyclopentadienyl cation)
  4. Dcyclopenta-1,3-diene

Answer: A

An aromatic species is cyclic, planar, fully conjugated and has electrons. The cyclopropenyl cation has 2 electrons (). Cyclobutadiene (4) and the cyclopentadienyl cation (4) are antiaromatic, and cyclopentadiene has an sp3 carbon, so it is not fully conjugated.
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