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i) Benzene is a planar molecule with the shape of regular hexagon ii) Heat of hydrogenation is less than expected iii) All C -C—C bond angles are 120°, all six carbon atoms are sp? hybridized iv) All C— C bonds have the same length (139 pm) v) Conjugated with p orbital on each carbon vi) Kekule…