Q.

Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Tropolone is an aromatic compound and has 8 π electrons.

Statement II: π electrons of >C=O group in tropolone is involved in aromaticity.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:         [2023]

1 Statement I is true but Statement II is false  
2 Both Statement I and Statement II are false  
3 Statement I is false but Statement II is true  
4 Both Statement I and Statement II are true  

Ans.

(1)