why is bezene not called 1,3,5-cyclohexatriene to comunicate three doube bondsin a hexagon?

From what i know "resonance hybrid theory" that the delocalized electrons are shared by all six atoms creating a benzene ring, which means there would be no double bond.....

but this question seems to say it does.... unless im wrong

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why is bezene not called 1,3,5-cyclohexatriene to comunicate three doube bondsin a hexagon?

From what i know "resonance hybrid theory" that the delocalized electrons are shared by all six atoms creating a benzene ring, which means there would be no double bond.....


but this question seems to say it does....  unless im wrong

aaronq · Answer

That IS it's IUPAC name, look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzene

aaronq · Answer

But from experimental data (don't know the exact experiment set up off the top of my head) the bond energies of the C-C bonds are all equal, and intermediate between a double and a single bond.

abb0t · Answer

Benzene is a common name that is uniformly known by all chemists. Same with tylenol, we don't call it N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)acetamide.

anonymous · Answer

ok, but there Is a double bond then or

jfraser · Answer

We don't call it $dihydrogen \space monoxide$ either, we call it water

abb0t · Answer

Yes. You should know that molecule by heart.