Question

Tropolone is a benzenoid compound.

(a) True

(b) False

This question was posed to me during a job interview.

I want to ask this question from Classification of Organic Compounds in section Organic Chemistry – Basic Principles and Technique of Chemistry – Class 11

Answer 1

The correct answer is (b) False

The best I can explain: Tropolone is a non-benzenoid compound. It does not have a benzene ring and hence, not a benzenoid compound. Benzenoid compounds are the compounds that include benzene rings. For example: Benzene, Aniline, Naphthalene, etc.