Question

I'm writing a report concerning benzene and it's structure. I was hoping for some suggestion of which molecular orbital surfaces to include.
I know that I need the HOMO and LUMO and also think I should include HOMO{-4} which displays the full pi system. I'm unsure if the lowest energy molecular orbital would also be important to include. Any advice would be much appreciated.

Answer 1

the molecular orbital for benzene takes the same shape as it's structure. Almost circular-like.



Can you fill in the electrons?

Answer 2

for the \(\sf \pi\)-system only.

Answer 3

I realize this, @abb0t, I was simply asking if there are other important molecular orbitals that should be included in my report

Answer 4

yeah, there should be six.