JEE Main Chemistry question

Chemistry Aromatic Compounds and Aryl Halides JEE Main

The true statement about benzene is

(A)Because of its unsaturation, benzene readily undergoes addition reactions
(B)There are two distinct types of C–C bond length in benzene
(C)There is a cyclic delocalisation of π-electrons in benzeneCorrect
(D)Monosubstitution of benzene gives three isomeric products

Answer: (C)

Solution

All six ring carbons and C–C bonds in benzene are equivalent by symmetry (a single bond length, ~1.39 Å) due to full cyclic delocalisation of the

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