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Give the empirical formula of benzene.

Important Questions on Benzene and its Compounds

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Draw the full displayed formula of the Kekule structure of benzene, showing all atoms and using double bonds and single bonds.
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Draw the skeletal formulae for the Kekule and canonical structure.
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Benzene reacts with bromine. Write a balanced chemical equation for this reaction.
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Benzene reacts with bromine. Describe the visual observations you could make during the reaction.
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Benzene reacts with bromine. Benzene will also react with halogenoalkanes. This is called a Friedel-Crafts reaction. Using 1-chloropropane, write the formula of the catalyst needed to start the reaction with benzene.
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Benzene reacts with bromine. Benzene will also react with halogenoalkanes. This is called a Friedel-Crafts reaction. Write the formula of the electrophile in the Friedel-Crafts reaction of  1-chloropropane with benzene.