The electrons in the ring of an aromatic compound are
A. shared by only three of the carbon nuclei.
B. held tightly by one carbon nucleus.
C. shared equally by all of the carbon nuclei.
D. localized between specific carbon nuclei.

a. energy is absorbed in the reaction.

if in a given reaction the energy of products is greater than the energy of reactants it means that reaction is endothermic and during the reaction, the energy is absorbed by reactants. in an endothermic reaction, the products have more stored chemical energy than the reactants. and in this reaction the reactants are more stable than products before the compounds with less energy are always more stable.