Huckel’s Rule for Aromaticity + Time-saving Shortcut

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Huckel’s rule is the most confusing and most tedious step in figuring out if a molecule is aromatic or antiaromatic. This video shows you how to calculate Huckel’s rule to ensure you ‘get’ the math, followed by a time-saving shortcut so that you DON’T actually have to DO the math every time.

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In this video:
[0:15]Aromaticity review
[1:39] Using Huckel’s formula
[6:19] Determine antiaromatic/aromatic molecules
[7:36] Finding the pattern using electron pairs

Note: At 4:08, I state that cyclooctatetraene appears to be planar. Even though it might appear that way, the molecule actually takes a non-planar tub shape. This fact disqualifies it from following the conditions for aromaticity. Cyclooctatetraene is a non-aromatic compound.

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