Smallest hydrocarbon that aromatics are a subset of
Benzene
Benzene molecular formula
C6H6
Why does kekule structure not work?
Benzene doesn’t rapidly decolourise bromine solutions.
Carbons in benzene are…..hybridised
Sp2
How many pi bonds in benzene
1 (big one)
How many delocalised electrons in pi cloud
6
Why is benzene unlikely to go through addition reactions
Unusually stable due to the presence of delocalised electrons within pi cloud.
What reactions can benzene undergo (general)
Electrophillic substitution reactions
What reactions can benzene undergo specific
Alkylation (alkyl group swapped for H) chlorination (chlorine swapped for H) nitration (nitrate swapped for H)