What is benzene?
2022-07-25
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Benzene is a hydrocarbon organic compound, the simplest aromatic hydrocarbon, the molecular formula is C₆H₆, it is a sweet, flammable, colorless and transparent liquid with carcinogenic toxicity at room temperature, and has a strong aromatic odor. It is insoluble in water, easily soluble in organic solvents, and can also be used as an organic solvent itself. The ring system of benzene is called benzene ring, and the structure after removing a hydrogen atom from the benzene ring is called phenyl, which is represented by Ph, so the chemical formula of benzene can also be written as PhH. Benzene is a basic petrochemical raw material, and its output and production technology are one of the symbols of a country's petrochemical development level.
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