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Cyclopentadiene is much more acidic than cyclopentane. The reason is that :

A

cyclopentadiene has conjugated double bonds

B

cyclopentadiene has both `sp^2` and `sp^3` hybridized carbon atoms

C

cyclopentadiene is a strain-free cyclic system

D

cyclopentadienide ion, the conjugate base of cyclopentadiene, is an aromatic species and hence has higher stability

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D
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