why do monosubstituted benzenes sometimes have all hydrogens equivalent and sometimes dont
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A benzene ring has D6h symmetry. If you replace one hydrogen by a substituent, the molecule loses most of that symmetry and is left with lower symmetry (roughly C2v). This removes the equivalence among all five remaining ring hydrogens. Show more…
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