Introduction to Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

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In the previous chapter, we explored the remarkable stabiUty of benzene. Specifically, we saw that while alkenes undergo an addition reaction when treated with bromine, benzene is inert under the same conditions. 

Curiously though, when Fe (iron) is introduced into the mixture, a reaction does in fact take place, although the product is not what we might have expected. 

Rather than an addition reaction taking place, the observed reaction is electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction in which one of the aromatic protons is replaced by an electrophile, and the aromatic moiety is preserved. In this chapter, we will see many other groups that can also be installed on an aromatic ring via an electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction. 

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Introduction to Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Halogenation Sulfonation... 

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