Answer to Question #167897 in Organic Chemistry for Sam

Question

• Explain the accepted structure of benzene in terms of hybridisation, sigma and pi bonding, and delocalisation of electrons. Include examples of evidence (such as infrared, x-ray and thermochemical analysis) that support the structure of benzene as being very stable and regularly shaped. Include within your explanation why this evidence also disproves the originally suggested Kekulé structure for benzene, including reference to the bond lengths of C-C, C=C and those within benzene

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