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Dr. Glaser's Visualization Center
To accompany Bruice, Organic Chemistry, 3/e, Chapter 6


Theme Molecule Name Chemical Formula
Resonance and Aromaticity benzene (S) C6H6
Structures of Substituted Benzene fluorobenzene (S) C6H5F
Structures of Substituted Benzene 1,2-difluorobenzene (S) C6H4F2
Structures of Substituted Benzene 1,3-difluorobenzene (S) C6H4F2
Structures of Substituted Benzene 1,4-difluorobenzene (S) C6H4F2
Resonance and Aromaticity cyclobutadiene (S) C4H4
Resonance and Aromaticity cyclooctatetraene (S) C8H8

[a] All structures were determined at the MP2(full)/6-31G* level of ab inito theory.