JEE Main Chemistry question

The bond order of individual carbon-carbon bonds in benzene is

(A)One
(B)Two
(C)Between 1 and 2Correct
(D)One and two alternately

Answer: (C)

Solution

Benzene is a resonance hybrid of structures with alternating single and double C–C bonds; due to this delocalisation, all six C–C bonds become equivalent, each having

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Question ID VK-133456