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Old March 26th, 2007, 15:46
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Here's the deal with D, I believe. D has a positive charge, so it's short 2 electrons. Therefore, in D, a hydrogen left and took the electron pair with it.

It still has its other electrons involved in the conjugated pi system, so these are unaffected. So it retains its aromaticity.

Does that make sense?