2007-02-01 20:57:35 · 14 answers · asked by atomiccel10 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
While a common structural representation of benzene depicts it with 3, this isn't technically true. Benzene is an aromatic compound, which means that the 6 pi electrons represented by those double bonds are actually delocalized. If these were true carbon-carbon double bonds, then benzene would readily react with bromine (a reaction that can be used on most true alkenes), but it doesn't. For this reason, Linus Pauling introduced an alternative structure in while benzene was depicted as a cyclohexane ring with a circle inside to denote the delocalized electrons. So technically, the answer to your question is zero.
2007-02-01 21:15:34 · answer #1 · answered by hanovercc 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Well theoretically benzene has 3 double bonds. But in practice it is seen that it has a bond which is an intermediate of single and double bond. So actually benzene ring has partial double bonds in it..
Hope it helps
2015-03-22 01:20:20 · answer #2 · answered by Professor 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Benzene is drawn in chemical structures with three double bonds for simplicity in working out where the bonds move to upon addition, but it acutally has none the electrons are delocalised throughout the whole structure.
2007-02-01 23:06:32 · answer #3 · answered by mark_gillibrand 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are 3 double bonds, but due to the delocalisation of the electrons through the benzene ring one may consider each of the six bonds being a simple and one half of double bond
2007-02-01 21:31:26 · answer #4 · answered by alchemist 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
3
2007-02-01 21:00:36 · answer #5 · answered by Some Guy 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
How Many Bonds Are There
2016-11-15 08:37:34 · answer #6 · answered by sushil 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my god ....!
its three anyways.....
and these arent definite they are in resonance well!if u dont know whats resonance its like
lets number the carbons as 1 to 6 and initially we put the double bonds 1and 2 3 and 4 and 5 and 6th..
but we cant say that only these are the definite double bonds b cos by experiment all the bonds have shown strenght of tht between a single nad a double bond so these bonds always are there between in form of pi clouds one abhove nad one belox thats pi bond resonance!!
did it help??
2007-02-01 21:59:54 · answer #7 · answered by sats........ 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
There are three double bounds. I do not agree with that kind of thinking .In fact 6 electrons are completly delocalized over the skeleton on the molecule and the individualization of the bounds seem obsolete for me
2007-02-01 21:25:54 · answer #8 · answered by maussy 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
benzene has three double bond .
2007-02-01 21:08:30 · answer #9 · answered by preeti 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
there r no actually.the real structure has hybrid of the 2 structures.
so a ring is formed
2007-02-01 21:49:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋