Question

What is the carbon-carbon bond length in Benzene?

Answer 1

Benzene

• Benzene was isolated by Michael Faraday in $1825$.
• The molecular formula of benzene, ${\mathrm{C}}_6{\mathrm{H}}_6$ , indicates a high degree of unsaturation.

Carbon-carbon bond length in Benzene

• All $\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{C}$, and $\mathrm{C}=\mathrm{C}$ bond lengths are the same in benzene due to resonance as shown in the diagram given below:-

• The bond length is in between that of a single and a double bond. All carbon-carbon bond lengths in benzene are $1.39\stackrel{°}{\text{A}}$.