2. What is Benzene?
• Benzene is the “parent” compound of a class of
compounds called aromatic compounds that are
very common in nature.
• The carbon “skeleton” for benzene is 6 carbons in a
ring.
• It contains both single and double bonds.
3. • All of the carbon-carbon bonds in benzene are
identical, which could be explained by resonance.
• Resonance is another way of drawing a Lewis Dot
structure for a given compound.
• Benzene has two resonance forms showing the
placement of the bonds.
5. Extra fact:
• Most of the reactions of benzene belong to a class
called electrophilic aromatic substitution that leave
the ring itself intact but replace one of the attached
hydrogens.
6. Summary:
• The most important thing I have learned is the
different types of bonds and the movements that
those bonds can and can’t make.
• Another important thing I've learned is the different
ways of drawing organic compounds.
