Is Benzene rigid? Is there much flexibility to it? I thought no when I built the model but some people are saying it is rigid?

2017-11-20 12:08 am
I have to compare its shape/flexibility to cyclohexane and now im confused....

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2017-11-20 1:00 am
Each carbon atom in benzene is sp² hybridized, and the three sp² hybridized orbitals form three σ bonds with the two neighboring carbon atoms and one hydrogen atom. Each carbon atom has a π electron in the unhybridized 2p orbital. The six π electrons are delocalized above and below the benzene ring. For effective delocalization of π electrons, the six carbon atoms in the benzene ring are coplanar and thus the benzene molecule is rigid.

On the other hand, all C-C bonds in cyclohexane are single bonds. Since single bonds can rotate freely, cyclohexane molecule is flexible.


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