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[[File:Benzene-3D-balls.png|360px|thumb|right|Figure 1. A ball and stick model showing the structure of benzene.<ref>Wikimedia Commons. (September 8, 2015). ''Benzene 3D Balls'' [Online]. Available: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Benzene-3D-balls.png</ref>]]
<onlyinclude>An '''aromatic hydrocarbon''' or an '''arene''' is one of the four main types of [[hydrocarbon]]s. Aromatics are true hydrocarbons, meaning these [[molecule]]s are made up of only [[hydrogen]] and [[carbon]].</onlyinclude> The name was conceived from the tendency of such compounds to have a strong fragrance.<ref>“Arenes,” Chemistry LibreTexts, 18-Oct-2016.[Online].Available:http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/Organic_Chemistry/Hydrocarbons/Aromatics. [Accessed: 19-May-2017].</ref>

The simplest arene is [[benzene]] which has the molecular formula (C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>6</sub>). Benzene is a ring of 6 carbon atoms that alternate single and [[double bond]]s between the carbon [[atom]]s with a single hydrogen attached to each carbon. There are many of these aromatic hydrocarbons in various [[fuel]]s like [[gasoline]], [[diesel]] and [[kerosene]] ([[jet fuel]]).

To learn more about aromatic hydrocarbons, click [http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/Organic_Chemistry/Hydrocarbons/Aromatics here].

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