DISCOVERY OF

BENZENE
S.YAZHINI

III B.SC PHYSICS

SEETHALAKSHMI RAMASWAMI COLLEGE

TRICHY
CONTENT
HISTORY

INTRODUCTION

DESCRIPTION

STRUCTURE REVIEW

KEY POINTS

A P P L I C AT I O N S

EFFECT ON HUMAN LIFE

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BENZENE STRUCTURE

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 HISTORY

The hydrocarbon that we know now call benzene was first

isolated in 1825 by Michael Faraday from an oily film that
deposited from the gas used for lighting.

Faraday did some experiments, and discovered that the

new compound had equal numbers of carbon and
hydrogens,so named it ‘carbureted hydrogen’.

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N i n e y e a r s a f t e r s i t s d i s c o v e r y, a n o t h e r c h e m i s t , M i t s c h e r l i c h ,
found he could produce the same substance by heating a
chemical that had been isolated from gum benzoin –so he
decided to call the compound benzin.

Another suggestion was the german name,benzol,from the

germanol, meaning oil.

But in France and England the name benzene was used instead,to
avoid the –ol ending confusing it with alchohol.

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DISCOVERY OF BENZENE MICHEAL FARADAY

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