The radical is aromatic because it has:

55 2013 NEET Organic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and TechniquesAromaticity Medium
The radical is aromatic because it has:
A 6 p-orbitals and 7 unpaired electrons
B 6 p-orbitals and 6 unpaired electrons
C 7 p-orbitals and 6 unpaired electrons
D 7 p-orbitals and 7 unpaired electrons

Detailed Solution

The benzyl free radical is aromatic as per Huckel's rule: it has 6 $\pi$ electrons in the p-orbitals of the six carbon atoms that form the benzene ring.
So the ring has 6 p-orbitals and 6 $\pi$ electrons.

Organic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and Techniques in past papers

68 questions from this chapter have appeared across 17 exam years.

More questions from Organic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and Techniques

Keep going

Practise Organic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and Techniques All 68 questions This chapter in 2013 NEET