[baseball07]

Cheers everyone.  I was just curious as to how the structure of say, Benzene, would look in its excited state when excited with light.  I understand that electrons move to a higher energy level, but how would Benzene look?  What about its dipole moment?

[T-rex]

The molecular structure stays the same. Even though the electrons may be at a higher energy level, there is no chemical reaction, so the actual compound should not alter.