Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Graphene:
An
aromatic
hydrocarbon
molecule
composed of a (theoretically) infinite sheet of
fused
benzene rings
(or
sp
2
carbon atoms bonded in
fused
hexagons).
Bond-line
representation of graphene's
molecular structure
.
Related terms:
Benzene
,
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
,
naphthalene
,
anthracene
,
phenanthrene
,
coronene
,
benzo[a]pyrene
,
wavy line
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