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Posted on December 19, 2017December 20, 2017

Benzene: the aromatic circle

Benzene in the snow

My seventh chemical of Christmas is not routinely made in biology, and is actually lethal to most large animals. Crafted by extremely inventive chemists in the 19th Century, benzene is a beautifully symmetric molecule with 6 carbons and 6 hydrogens.

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