How many sigma bonds are in benzene?

1 Answer
May 22, 2016

Benzene is a six-membered aromatic ring.

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Any sigma (#sigma#) bond is the head-on overlap between two #sigma#-compatible orbitals.

Every double bond or single bond will contain exactly one #sigma# bond. A double bond contains an additional #pi# bond.

Thus, regardless of the depiction of benzene, whether it's the conjugated, delocalized, or "metal nut" depictions, it contains 6 #\mathbf(sigma)# bonds.