D6h Benzene

Build benzene, C₆H₆, with the Indigo® 68821W point group molecular model kit to show D6h point group symmetry, hexagonal planar geometry, and inversion symmetry. Ideal for undergraduate and advanced inorganic chemistry and spectroscopy courses.

The Indigo® 68821W model kit builds benzene, C₆H₆, a D6h point group molecule with hexagonal planar geometry. The model shows the principal C6 axis with coincident S6 and S3 axes, six perpendicular C2 axes, a horizontal mirror plane σh, three vertical mirror planes σv, three dihedral mirror planes σd, and a center of inversion i. Benzene is one of the highest-symmetry molecules routinely encountered in undergraduate chemistry. Other D6h molecules include coronene and hexafluorobenzene, which illustrate the parent hydrocarbon vs substituted and heteroatom-containing aromatic systems.