Organic Chemistry
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ISBN: 9781305580350
Author: William H. Brown, Brent L. Iverson, Eric Anslyn, Christopher S. Foote
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.73AP
Following is a structural formula of benzene, C6H6, which we study in Chapter 21.
- (a) Using VSEPR, predict each H—C—C and C—C—C bond angle in benzene.
- (b) State the hybridization of each carbon in benzene.
- (c) Predict the shape of a benzene molecule.
- (d) Draw important resonance contributing structures.
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