Question

What is Benzene?

Answer

Benzene is an aromatic hydrocarbon with the molecular formula C6H6. (i) Discoverer Michael Faraday (ii) C-hybridisation sp2 (iii) Geometry hexagonal (iv) Bond angle 120° (v) C—C bond length 1.39Ǻ (vi) C—H bond length 1.09Ǻ (vii) Resonance in benzene.