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what is resonance energy?

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Resonance energy is a measure of stability of a system and is defined as the difference in energy of the actual resonance hybrid and the most stable contributing structure.

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we look at the values of heats of hydrogenation of cyclohexene and benzene.

Heat of hydrogenation of cyclohexene = 28.6 Kcal/mole

Heat of hydrogenation of benzene = 49.6 Kcal/mole

Now, benzene should evolve three times the heat of hydrogenation compared to hypothetical molecule of cyclohexatriene, i.e. 3 x 28.6 = 85.8 Kcal/mol

But, the experimentally determined value is 49.6 Kcal/mol.

This difference ( 85.8 – 49.6 = 36 Kcal/mol) is known as resonance energy of benzene.


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