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Question #92104

Answer 1

BHC, or hexachlorobenzene, is a bezene ring (`C_6H_6`) in which all the hydrogen atoms have been replaced by chlorine atoms. The molecule still maintains the benzen ring structure, as you can see here

As you know, a molecule has to have double or triple bonds in order to have pi bonds. A single bond has one sigma bond and no pi bonds, a double bond has 1 sigma and 1 pi bonds, and a triple bond has 1 sigma and 2 pi bonds.

The structure of the hexachlorobenzene molecule shows the presence of 3 double bonds, which implies that the molecule has 3 pi bonds.