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At the end of this activity, students should be able to: – describe the inconsistencies arising from the representation of the structure of benzene using C=C double bonds – explain the structure of benzene in the light of modern knowledge – understand the concepts of delocalisation and resonance and be able to take them into account when writing the structure of an organic compound – determine the resonance stabilisation energy for arenes – describe the names and structures of some polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and alkyl derivatives of benzene – explain the aromaticity criteria for organic compounds.
