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Explain whether the compound shown below is aromatic or not?
 

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The compound has one 5 membered and one 3 membered ring. It is aromatic by identifying its resonance structure:

Five membered ring contains `6pi` electrons and three membered ring contains `2pi` electrons. Hence the compound shown is aromatic.
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