Replacing a carbon atom in this molecule with nitrogen produces (*) pyridine, and adding a methyl group to this molecule yields toluene.
Esters in which one of the oxygens is bonded to this molecule can react with Lewis acids in the Fries rearrangement. A chromium atom is bonded to two molecules of this compound in one of the first recorded "sandwich" complexes. Replacing a carbon atom in this molecule with nitrogen produces (*) pyridine, and adding a methyl group to this molecule yields toluene. A vision of a snake eating its tail inspired August Kekulé to solve the structure of this molecule, which contains alternating single and double bonds. This molecule is drawn as a hexagon with a circle, and it has formula C6H6. For 10 points, name this cyclic aromatic molecule.
Esters in which one of the oxygens is bonded to this molecule can react with Lewis acids in the Fries rearrangement.
benzene (or benzol; or phene; or phenyl hydride; or 1,3,5-cyclohexatriene; prompt on “C6H6” before it is read)