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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>]]
[[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> Benzene is the simplest aromatic hydrocarbon.<ref>''Aromatic compounds: Benzene'' [Online]. Available: https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_Chemistry/Book%3A_The_Basics_of_GOB_Chemistry_(Ball_et_al.)/13%3A_Unsaturated_and_Aromatic_Hydrocarbons/13.07%3A_Aromatic_Compounds-_Benzene Accessed May 11th, 2021.</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>
<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]]. Aromatics are [[unsaturated hydrocarbons|unsaturated]] rings, meaning that they have at least one double bond between the carbon atoms.</onlyinclude> The name "aromatic" 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]]).
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 bonds 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].
To learn more about aromatic hydrocarbons, click [http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/Organic_Chemistry/Hydrocarbons/Aromatics here].
==Further Reading==
*[[Alkane]], [[Alkene]], [[Alkyne]]
*[[Hydrocarbon]]
*Or explore a [[Special:Random|random page]]


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Figure 1. A ball and stick model showing the structure of benzene.[1] Benzene is the simplest aromatic hydrocarbon.[2]

An aromatic hydrocarbon, or an arene, is one of the four main types of hydrocarbons. Aromatics are true hydrocarbons, meaning these molecules are made up of only hydrogen and carbon. Aromatics are unsaturated rings, meaning that they have at least one double bond between the carbon atoms. The name "aromatic" was conceived from the tendency of such compounds to have a strong fragrance.[3]

The simplest arene is benzene which has the molecular formula (C6H6). Benzene is a ring of 6 carbon atoms that alternate single and double bonds between the carbon atoms with a single hydrogen attached to each carbon. There are many of these aromatic hydrocarbons in various fuels like gasoline, diesel and kerosene (jet fuel).

To learn more about aromatic hydrocarbons, click here.

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References

  1. Wikimedia Commons. (September 8, 2015). Benzene 3D Balls [Online]. Available: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Benzene-3D-balls.png
  2. Aromatic compounds: Benzene [Online]. Available: https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_Chemistry/Book%3A_The_Basics_of_GOB_Chemistry_(Ball_et_al.)/13%3A_Unsaturated_and_Aromatic_Hydrocarbons/13.07%3A_Aromatic_Compounds-_Benzene Accessed May 11th, 2021.
  3. “Arenes,” Chemistry LibreTexts, 18-Oct-2016.[Online].Available:http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/Organic_Chemistry/Hydrocarbons/Aromatics. [Accessed: 19-May-2017].