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Cycloctatetraene is conjugated carbocyclic polyene. On the basis of the number of `pie^(-)s(8pie^(-)s` equal to `4npie^(-)s)` , it is expected to be antiaromatic But it is non aromatic as it is not planar. Nonaromatics are nonplanar completely/incompletely conjugated carbocyclic polyenes having `(4n+2)pi` or `(4n)pie^(-)s` whose stability is comparable to their open chains analogs.
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