Xeno's Ultimate Knight

im not the one who asked this but oh gods you are so much better than my chem material fr 🙏 need a teacher like you brou

Can you explain aromaticity in organic compounds? It is a fairly huge topic so it's completely understandable if you aren't up to the challenge.

(p.s, I love ur blog <333)

“Not up to the challenge”— I’ve reverse-engineered antibiotics from rocks. Explaining aromaticity is just an appetizer. 😒

Alright. Let’s break it down before I spiral into orbital hybridization graphs and never return:

Aromaticity is a chemical property of certain cyclic (ring-shaped), planar (flat) molecules that results in unusual stabilitydue to the delocalization of π (pi) electrons.

For a molecule to be considered aromatic, it must satisfy Hückel’s Rule:

Be cyclic

Be planar

Have a continuous ring of p-orbitals (i.e., it’s conjugated)

Contain (4n + 2) π electrons (where n is a whole number: 0, 1, 2, etc)

Why does that matter? Because when those π electrons are delocalized—spread evenly over the ring—they stabilize the molecule way more than you'd expect based on normal bonding. That’s why aromatic compounds don’t behave like your average alkenes.

Classic example: Benzene (C₆H₆)

6 carbon atoms in a ring

Each contributes 1 π electron → 6 π electrons

Follows Hückel’s Rule (4n + 2 = 6, n = 1)

Super stable, flat, smells weird

If it had 4 or 8 π electrons instead? Boom: not aromatic. Possibly antiaromatic (less stable), or nonaromatic (no delocalization at all).

So yeah. Aromaticity isn’t about smell, it’s about stability through electron delocalization in a planar ring system.

Chemists spent centuries freaking out over why benzene wouldn’t react like it should. Turns out, electrons were just vibing in a resonance loop the whole time.

Thanks for the blog love, by the way. I’ll keep posting if you keep sending non-stupid questions. 😘

i just know senku was internally sweating seeing that gen wasn't called onto the ship yet that he had to check for spoilers

ok jk i know this was for ginro too but as i've mentioned before, the stark contrast in his reaction for ginro saying no vs gen saying no is so funny like

"yeah it's chill bro it's ur choice anyways the development team is needed too" 🫶🫶🫶

vs

"shut up and get on the ship with me mentalist"

like.... all of a sudden the development team isn't as important anymore im crying

a wonderful ao3 author note

cinematographers need to stop being so afraid of lighting. like i get it your movie is grim and serious, but i promise it would be even more grim and serious if i could actually see what was happening

i used to hear Deku when i saw Ginrō but now i hear Ginrō when i see Deku

Gen trying to be mischievous revealing another twisted plan, meanwhile Senku is on cloud 9 having not so innocent thought's 💭😈

Sharing this here, too! Let's make it happen !!

And nothing bad ever happened.

YES I'M GAY:

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dykAe (the a is silent)

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