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    This document introduces aromatic hydrocarbons, which contain at least one aromatic ring similar to benzene. Benzene, with the molecular formula C6H6, is the parent member of aromatic compounds. Aromatic compounds may contain single, double, or multiple aromatic rings. Benzene's structure is a cyclic molecule with six carbon atoms at the corners of a hexagon and three alternating double bonds. The pi electrons in benzene are delocalized over the entire ring, giving increased stability through resonance.

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    This document introduces aromatic hydrocarbons, which contain at least one aromatic ring similar to benzene. Benzene, with the molecular formula C6H6, is the parent member of aromatic compounds. Aromatic compounds may contain single, double, or multiple aromatic rings. Benzene's structure is a cyclic molecule with six carbon atoms at the corners of a hexagon and three alternating double bonds. The pi electrons in benzene are delocalized over the entire ring, giving increased stability through resonance.

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    Introduction to Aromatic Hydrocarbons

    The aromatic hydrocarbons are the hydrocarbons which contains at least one aromatic ring
    system which resembles in chemical properties with benzene ring. The parent member of the
    family is benzene ring having molecular formula C6H6. The aromatic compound may be
    single aromatic ring , double or multiple ring system. All the aromatic compounds follows
    Huckel’s rules.The some of the aromatic systems are shown belolw -

    Benzene Naphthalene Anthracene

    Structure and Orbital diagram of benzene :


    Benzene is the parent member of the aromatic family having molecular formula C 6H6.
    Kekule has proposed that benzene is the cyclic molecule having six carbon atoms situated
    at the six corners of the hexagon.It has three alternate double bonds .The π – bonds present
    in the benzene ring delocalized to over all the carbon atoms and hence the Pi elelctron
    cloud is spreaded over the all carbon atoms. Kekule also has suggested that , benzene take
    part in resonance ie delocalization of pi- electron cloud to give two canonical forms which
    are equivalent to the resonance hybrid.

    I II

    Resonance forms Resonance Hybrid

    The resonanace structure of the benzene is supported by the following facts :


     All the C-C bond having same bond length 139 pm which is intermediate between
    the C-C (154 pm) and C=C (134 pm ).
     Due to the delocalization the energy of the resonance hybrid decreases as compared
    to the structres I and II to about 50KJ/mole. This decrease in the energy is called as
    Resonance energy. Hence this provide more stability to benzene ring.
     It is expected that ,due to presence of double bonds it would give addition reactions
    but actually it gives only substitution reactions.

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