Chemistry 12th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078021510
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-151-0

Chapter 24 - Organic Chemistry - Questions & Problems - Page 1052: 24.29

Answer

Benzene is more stable then ethylene because benzene has resonance and ethylene does not.

Work Step by Step

Benzene will not undergo addition reactions because if it does, then it will lose its aromaticity, the factor that makes it stable. Ethylene does not have resonance so an addition reaction will not heavily affect its stability.
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