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Question: Bond order of Benzene is 1 . 5 . Explain how.

Question: Bond order of Benzene is 1.5. Explain how.

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ankit singh
askIITians Faculty 614 Points
3 years ago
Benzene is an aromatic cyclic compound, and hence, has resonance structures. In this compound, 6 pi electrons are shared by 6 carbon atoms; every carbon has half a pi bond and one sigma bond. Thus, the bond order of benzene is 1.5 for each bond.

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