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If you replace 2 of the carbon atoms in cyclopctatetraene with nitrogen atoms is the structure planar?
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Replacing two carbon atoms in cyclooctatetraene with nitrogen atoms results in a non-planar structure. Cyclooctatetraene itself is non-planar due to the angle strain associated with an eight-membered ring attempting to adopt a planar configuration. Replacing carbons with nitrogen would introduce additional electron repulsion, further destabilizing a planar structure.
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