If benzene were 1,3,5-cyclohexatriene, the carbon-carbon bonds would be alternately long and short as indicated in the

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If benzene were 1,3,5-cyclohexatriene, the carbon-carbon bonds would be alternately long and short as indicated in the following structures. However, to consider the structures here as resonance contributors (or to connect them by a double-headed arrow) violates a basic principle of resonance theory. Explain.
If benzene were 1,3,5-cyclohexatriene, the carbon-carbon bonds would be alternately
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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-1118133576

11th edition

Authors: Graham Solomons, Craig Fryhle, Scott Snyder

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