Chemistry A-Level
Aromatic compound
What Aromatic compound means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Aromatic compound
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A compound containing a benzene ring, C₆H₆, drawn as a planar hexagon of six carbon atoms with one hydrogen on each carbon.
Topics that use Aromatic compound
- Basic concepts of organic chemistry (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Alphabetical ordering of substituents
- carboxyl group
- Characteristic reactions
- Condensed notation with brackets and subscripts
- Contrast with heterolytic fission
- Curly arrow notation
- delocalised electrons
- Displayed formula
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