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Cyclopentadiene is much more acidic than cyclopentane. The reason is that :

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a

cyclopentadiene has conjugated double bonds

b

cyclopentadiene has both sp2 and sp3 hybridized carbon atoms

c

cyclopentadiene is a strain-free cyclic system

d

cyclopentadienide ion, the conjugate base of cyclopentadiene, is an aromatic species and hence has higher stability

answer is D.

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