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Why is benzene much less reactive than 1, 3, 5-cyclohexatriene?
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DrBob222
Benzene has resonance structures with added stability due to the resonance. Thus Cl2 and Br2 addition to a double bond, which readily occurs in cyclohexatriene, does not occur in benzene
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