The Friedel-Crafts reaction adds an acyl group to this compound, and it can be reduced by the Birch reduction.
The cathecol group is a kind of these molecules that has two adjacent hydroxyl groups, and Korner's method is used to determine the absolute position of substituents in them. The Friedel-Crafts reaction adds an acyl group to this compound, and it can be reduced by the Birch reduction. An isomer of fulvene, it tends to undergo substitution reactions because of its stability, which arises from delocalized pi orbitals. The simplest compound to fit Huckel's rules, its structure was a puzzle to 19th-century chemists until Kekulé realized that it could have a ring shape. For 10 points, name this compound with formula C6H6, the simplest aromatic hydrocarbon.
The cathecol group is a kind of these molecules that has two adjacent hydroxyl groups, and Korner's method is used to determine the absolute position of substituents in them.
{benzene} [prompt on early {C}{6}{H}{6}]