Bonding in benzene

• Isolated as an oil in London gas lines by Michael Faraday in 1825

• Formula shown to be C6H6

• Six carbons are sp2 hybridised and joined up to form a ring

  • Each carbon bears bears a p-orbital thus three double bonds
  • Each carbon bears one hydrogen (not shown)

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