How many double bonds are present in benzene?

Answer 1

Benzene has 42 electrons. With chemical formula C6H6:

6 electrons for each carbon

1 electron for each hydrogen...

6(6) + 1(6) = 36 + 6 = 42 electrons

Each carbon has 3 'sp2' orbitals:

-one of which overlaps the 's' orbital of H

-and the remaining 'sp2' orbitals constitute the sigma bonds between carbons

Each carbon has a 'p' orbital (each contain a single electron) which create two rings of electron density above and below the benzene ring. These 6 adjacent 'p' orbitals fully conjugate the ring, resulting in benzene's aromaticity and unusual stability.

Answer 2

Actually, there are no double bonds in a benzene molecule. The benzene molecule has six carbon atoms bonded by single bonds. The hybridization of carbon atoms in benzene is sp2. And six hydrogen atoms are bonded as one to each carbon atom. Now, there is one electron left in each carbon in p orbitals. All six of them participate in to form delocalized molecular orbitals, which have six electrons in them.

Answer 3

12 atoms per molecule; 6 Carbon atoms, 6 Hydrogen atoms.

Answer 4

There are six hydrogen atoms (and six carbon atoms) in a Benzine ring.

Answer 5

six electrons.....

three double bonds.............

Answer 6

The molecular formula for benzene is C6H6; therefore, there is a total of (six + six) or twelve atoms in each molecule.

Answer 7

Benzene has 6 covalent bonds.