Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

In the previous post, we learned about the electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions and went over the mechanisms of halogenation, nitration, and sulfonation of the benzene ring. Following an identical mechanism, two reactions, discovered by Charles Friedel and James Crafts in … Read more

Benzene has 3 π bonds and, as expected, shows some similarities to alkenes in being reactive towards electrophilic species. However, there are two key differences between their reactions with electrophiles. First, benzene is very stable and thus less reactive. Second, unlike … Read more