Benzene Flashcards
Only Benzene
Word aromatic mean
Pleaseant smell/fragnance
Defination of Aromatic compunds:
Study of benzene and its derivatives
Properties for being aromatic
- Cyclic
- Conjugation
- planar
- huckel rule
What is benzene
A cyclic ring compund having 3 sigma and 3 pie bonds.
Melting point and boiling point
5.5 and 80
molecular formula
C6H6
Molecular Mass
78amu
benzene was 1st time isolated by
Michael Farady in 1825 by destructive distillation of vegetable oil
Benzene structure was given by
kekule in 1865
Work of huckel for benzene
He worked on kekule structure and gave resonance theory
Hofman work?
he prepared benzene from coal tar in 1845
at least 5
properties of benene
- Colourless
- inflammable liquid
- carcinogenic
- insoluble in water
- burns with black flame
Hybridization of benzene
Sp2 , 120degree ,1.39A bond angle ,coplanar
density of benzene
0.88g/cm^3