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Select only heterocyclic aromatic compounds where the unshared electron pair of nitrogen occupies an sp2 orbital in the plane of the ring.
I. Pyridine
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II. Naphthalene
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III. Pyrrole
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A. III only B. II & III C. I & II D. I & III E. I, II & III

Answer is C. Why not A? Thanks
 
If i recall naphthalene doesn't have a nitrogen in its molecular formula; so how could "C" be corect?
 
The answer isn't there at all. Pyridine is the only molecule satisfying those requirements. Napthalene doesn't have a nitrogen, and the lone pair of nitrogen in pyrrole is in a p-orbital to give aromaticity.
 
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