File:Naphthalene resonance.PNG

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file (2,490 × 336 pixels, file size: 60 KB, MIME type: image/png)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents
Description
English: Naphthalene is an organic compound with formula C

10H 8. It is the simplest polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, and is a white crystalline solid with a characteristic odor that is detectable at concentrations as low as 0.08 ppm by mass. As an aromatic hydrocarbon, naphthalene's structure consists of a fused pair of benzene rings. It is best known as the main ingredient of traditional mothballs.

Unlike benzene, the carbon–carbon bonds in naphthalene are not of the same length. The bonds C1–C2, C3–C4, C5–C6 and C7–C8 are about 1.36 Å (136 pm) in length, whereas the other carbon–carbon bonds are about 1.42 Å (142 pm) long. This difference, which was established by X-ray diffraction, is consistent with the valence bond model of bonding in naphthalene that involves three resonance structures (as shown); whereas the bonds C1–C2, C3–C4, C5–C6 and C7–C8 are double in two of the three structures, the others are double in only one.
Latviešu: Naftalīna rezonanses struktūras.
Date
Source Own work
Author DMacks (talk)
Permission
(Reusing this file)
Public domain This image of a simple structural formula is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain, because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.
File:Naphthalene resonance structure.svg is a vector version of this file. It should be used in place of this PNG file when not inferior.

File:Naphthalene resonance.PNG → File:Naphthalene resonance structure.svg

For more information, see Help:SVG.

In other languages
Alemannisch  العربية  беларуская (тарашкевіца)  български  বাংলা  català  нохчийн  čeština  dansk  Deutsch  Ελληνικά  English  British English  Esperanto  español  eesti  euskara  فارسی  suomi  français  Frysk  galego  Alemannisch  עברית  hrvatski  magyar  հայերեն  Bahasa Indonesia  Ido  italiano  日本語  ქართული  한국어  lietuvių  македонски  മലയാളം  Bahasa Melayu  norsk bokmål  Plattdüütsch  Nederlands  norsk nynorsk  norsk  occitan  polski  prūsiskan  português  português do Brasil  română  русский  sicilianu  Scots  slovenčina  slovenščina  српски / srpski  svenska  தமிழ்  ไทย  Türkçe  татарча / tatarça  українська  vèneto  Tiếng Việt  中文  中文(中国大陆)  中文(简体)  中文(繁體)  中文(马来西亚)  中文(新加坡)  中文(臺灣)  中文(臺灣)  +/−
New SVG image

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current11:34, 21 January 2014Thumbnail for version as of 11:34, 21 January 20142,490 × 336 (60 KB)DMacks (talk | contribs)redraw from scratch at high-res to current MOS
10:04, 30 May 2007Thumbnail for version as of 10:04, 30 May 2007480 × 80 (3 KB)Yyy (talk | contribs){{GFDL-user-w|en|en wikipedia|Sesqui}} en:The three resonance structures of naphthalene. lv:Naftalīna rezonanses struktūras. Category:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

There are no pages that use this file.

File usage on other wikis

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata