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| View down 6 axis | Side view down 2 axis |
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| View down 6 axis | Side view down 2 axis |
Benzene has a sixfold rotation axis through its centre, perpendicular to to the plane of the ring. Perpendicular to the sixfold, there are 6 twofold rotation axes. In addition, it has 7 mirror planes, a point of inversion, and a -6 axis.
The point-group symmetry for this molecule is given the crystallographic symbol 6/m 2/m 2/m, which is usually shortened to 6/m m m.
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