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Benzene

Prototypical aromatic; carcinogen; resonance icon

Materials Poisons & Weapons
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Structure

Formula
C6H6
Molecular weight
78.114 g/mol
Heavy atoms
6
Total atoms
12
Composition
C ×6 H ×6
SMILES
c1ccccc1
Class Aromatic

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🎬 Story

Benzene: The Snake That Bit Its Own Tail

In 1865 a German chemist claimed he dreamed a snake eating its own tail and woke up with the structure of the most important molecule in organic chemistry. A hundred years later we figured out that this same molecule causes leukemia.