For a compound to be aromatic it should follow these points
1. It should be cyclic
2. It should be planar, which is possible only when all the atoms of ring are ... hybridised.
3. It should contain conjugated double bonds that means alternative double bonds attached to atom containing lone pair of electrons or unshared pair of electrons.
If they are alternative then conjugation takes place which is also called detocalisation.
In cyclic systems the cloud is called as cyclic, delocalised electron cloud.
4. This cyclic, delocalised electron cloud must contain
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