Question: is arene and benzene same?
Answer: Arenes are aromatic hydrocarbons. ... The arenes you are likely to meet at this level are based on benzene rings. The simplest of them is benzene itself, C6H6. The next simplest is methylbenzene (old name: toluene) which has one of the hydrogen atoms attached to the ring replaced by a methyl group - C6H5CH3.