BRAINCAKEThe Delocalised Model of Benzene
The accepted model of benzene is the delocalised model.
Each carbon atom has four outer electrons. It uses three of them to form σ bonds: one to each neighbouring carbon and one to a hydrogen. These three bonds lie in the same plane at 120° to each other, which makes the molecule a flat, regular hexagon.
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More in Aromatic Chemistry
- Benzene
- The Kekulé Model
- Evidence for Delocalisation - Enthalpy of Hydrogenation
- Naming Aromatic Compounds
- Electrophilic Substitution
- Nitration of Benzene
- Mechanism of Nitration
- Uses of Nitration
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