What are the alternative representations of the benzene molecule?
1 Answer
Sep 21, 2017
Consider the older representation of benzene....
Explanation:
...that is as
As with all molecular diagram, this is a representation. Of course, we know that the ALL the C-C bonds are equivalent, and clearly we can draw the other resonance isomers; can we?
And this today's preferred configuration, a circle within a hexagon. This really is a matter of personal preference. Most organic chemists would prefer the former.
But please note that both diagrams are merely our attempts to represent an actual molecule, whose formula is
