At the end of this activity, students should be able to describe the inconsistencies arising from the representation of the structure of benzene using C=C double bonds, explain the structure of benzene in the light of modern knowledge, understand the concepts of delocalization and resonance and be able to take them into account when writing the structure of an organic compound, determine the resonance stabilization energy for arenes, describe the names and structures of some polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and alkyl derivatives of benzene and explain the aromaticity criteria for organic compounds.

Originally released by Learnetic, 2016.