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KEKULÉ STRUCTURES
The planar structure of benzene is shown as a hybrid of 2 equivalent Kekulé
structures.
• The Kekulé
structures
represent the closest
approach to the real structure
within Lewis structure rules.
represent the closest
approach to the real structure
within Lewis structure rules.
• The hybrid
structure ®
(with the interior circle) tells us
that there are 6 x 2p electrons delocalized
over the 6 carbon atoms in a p cloud.
(with the interior circle) tells us
that there are 6 x 2p electrons delocalized
over the 6 carbon atoms in a p cloud.
