Organic Chemistry (6th Edition)
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Author: Janice Gorzynski Smith
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education
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Chapter 15, Problem 36P
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Interpretation: The reason corresponding to the fact that AZT is aromatic is to be explained.
Concept introduction: A molecule must be cyclic, planar, completely conjugated and should follow
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