Explain why cyclopentadienyl anion is aromatic while the corresponding cation is not.
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The cyclopentadienyl cation is antiaromatic while the cyclopentadienyl anion is aromatic. ... Cyclopentadiene is not an aromatic compound because of the presence of a sp3 hybridized ring carbon on its ring due to which it does not contain an uninterrupted cyclic pi-electron cloud.
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