Useful Concepts
Benzene Or Cyclohexane ?
These two systems are very often confused by students. So let's try to emphasise the differences:
Structure
Molecular formula
C
6
H
6
C
6
H
12
C hybridisation
sp
2
sp
3
IHD
4
1
Chemical class
Aromatic
Cycloalkane
Typical reactions
Electrophilic aromatic substitution
(Ch 12)
Free radical halogenation
(Ch 4)
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Dr. Ian Hunt
, Department of Chemistry
