Q. Who among the following discovered benzene?
Answer: Michael Faraday
Notes: Michael Faraday first isolated and identified benzene in 1825 from the oily residue derived from the production of illuminating gas, giving it the name bicarburet of hydrogen. In 1833, Eilhard Mitscherlich produced it by distilling benzoic acid (from gum benzoin) and lime and gave the compound the name benzin.

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