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An aromatic hydrocarbon is formed when a hydrocarbon has alternating double and single bonds between carbon atoms forming rings. The term comes from the fact that many aromatic hydrocarbons happen to smell pleasant. The configuration of six aromatic hydrocarbons in a ring [as pictured] is known as benzene.