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Aromatic Hydrocarbons—Monocyclics

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Organic Chemicals in Natural Waters

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Monocyclic aromatic compounds consist of a basic benzene ring with six carbon atoms, six hydrogen atoms, and three double bonds. Substitution of the hydrogen atoms is common and yields chlorobenzenes, nitrobenzenes, ethyl benzene, toluene, and other derivatives. Although the carbon atom is bonded to three other atoms rather than four, the ring is not considered unsaturated and its stability results from a resonating electron structure. Thus, the larger the number of alternative arrangements of the electrons, the greater the stability of the molecule. This is exemplified by the increase in stability of chlorobenzenes with increasing halogenation. Aromatic compounds owe their name to the fact that many of the early derivatives of the series possessed a characteristic odor or were obtained from odoriferous material.

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Moore, J.W., Ramamoorthy, S. (1984). Aromatic Hydrocarbons—Monocyclics. In: Organic Chemicals in Natural Waters. Springer Series on Environmental Management. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9538-6_4

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