71sorry pritish BUT your answer is wrong. the answer given is something else... answer later
The above compound is treated with AgNO3 to form (X) . Which statement is true anout the product :
a) Product is aromatic.
b) Product has high dipole moment.
c) Product has less resonance energy.
d) Product is soluble in polar solvent.
Answer and also the complete Reaction mechanism please.
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39The answer is indeed (a). The intermediate obtained is the tropylium cation, a carbocation which is highly stable due to aromaticity.
Silver has a high affinity for halide ions. So it abstracts the bromide ion, irrespective of whether the resulting cation is stable or not (excluding the case of the benzene ring). A precipitate is formed (AgBr), which drives(forces) the reaction equilibrium forward to completion.
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106well it may or may not occur to you . then answer given maybe WRONG ..
in fact pritish is very much correct . tropylium cation (aromatic) is formed
