This substance is reacted with sodium and an alcohol in the Birch reduction
This substance is reacted with sodium and an alcohol in the Birch reduction, and it is acylated through the use of a Lewis acid catalyst in the Friedel-Crafts acylation. This substance is produced through the catalytic reforming process, and linking two molecules of this substance forms biphenyl. When a [*] methyl group is attached to this substance, toluene is formed. With a structure famously described by August Kekulé, this substance's alternating double bonds make it the simplest aromatic hydrocarbon. For 10 points, identify this ring-shaped hydrocarbon with formula C6H6.
This substance is reacted with sodium and an alcohol in the Birch reduction, and it is acylated through the use of a Lewis acid catalyst in the Friedel-Crafts acylation.
{benzene} [accept {C6H6} until read]