g Which of the following is true of benzene? A) Benzene has the stability expected for cyclohexatriene. B) The carbon-carbon bonds of benzene are alternately short and long around the ring. C) All of the hydrogen atoms of benzene are equivalent. D) The benzene ring is a distorted hexagon. E) Benzene tends to undergo addition rather than substitution reactions.

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g Which of the following is true of benzene? A) Benzene has the stability expected for cyclohexatriene. B) The carbon-carbon bonds of benzene are alternately short and long around the ring. C) All of the hydrogen atoms of benzene are equivalent. D) The benzene ring is a distorted hexagon. E) Benzene tends to undergo addition rather than substitution reactions.

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Stephen Goodwin · Answer 1

C) All of the hydrogen atoms of benzene are equivalent.

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Benzene is an aromatic hydrocarbon made up of six carbon atoms and six hydrogen atoms. Each hydrogen atom of the benzene is equivalent to each other. Due to the delocalized electron, it shows resonance property and thus is more stable. Mostly benzene shows substitution reaction than in addition reaction. It shows planarity and follows Huckle's rule. It forms many important derivative aromatic compounds.