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What happens when a substituted benzene such as chlorobenzene or methyl benzene undergoes an electrophilic substitution reaction? There are two
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Friedel-Crafts reactions allow us to add alkyl and acyl groups to benzene providing a way of adding carbon atoms to
At first sight benzene seems surprisingly unreactive for an unsaturated hydrocarbon. Benzene does not decolourise bromine water when shaken with
Continue readingElectrophilic substitution reactions of benzene
Benzene, C6H6, is an aromatic organic molecule (the terms aromatic, arene and aryl compound are used interchangeably to classify benzene