====== Benzene structure ====== The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzene|benzene]] molecule is composed of 6 carbon atoms joined in a ring with 1 hydrogen atom attached to each. Because it contains only carbon and hydrogen atoms, benzene is classed as a hydrocarbon. Although the compound has been very extensively studied since its first isolation in 1825, its molecular dynamics - especially at temperatures below 77K when it becomes a solid - are extremely complex and its inner mechanics remain mostly unexplored. >Benzene is one of the most prototypical molecules in organic chemistry: it is the elemental unit of all aromatic compounds and the π-bonding of its carbon atoms serves as the quintessential example of electron delocalization. __The molecular dynamics of the C6H6 molecule are extremely complex and not yet fully understood" __\\ \\ //Source :// [[https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1703/1703.01719.pdf|Indirect observation of molecular disassociation in solid benzene at low temperatures]] //arXiv,// 2017