A theoretical six-membered carbon ring with three alternating double bonds, which would be the unsaturated form of benzene if it were stable.
From cyclo- (ring) + hexa- (six) + triene (three double bonds). Named theoretically in organic chemistry to describe the hypothetical unsaturated six-membered ring.
Cyclohexatriene is benzene's 'ghost twin'—it would have the same atoms, but instead of benzene's super-stable delocalized electrons, it would have alternating double bonds that immediately snap into benzene's more stable form, like a rubber band finding its rest position.
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