¶ Aromatic substitution
¶ Electrophilic Substitution
Aromatic compounds do not want to participate in addition reactions as doing so will break the conjugation and take away their stability
- However, it is able to undergo reactions such as substitution, but will aim to restore its aromaticity
¶ Electrophilic aromatic substitution
It is the main mode of reactivity of aromatic compounds
The identity of the electrophile is specific to each type of reaction the araomatic compound undergoes
(In some cases, we even have to generate the electrophiles)
¶ Mechanism
When aromatic compounds react with electrophiles, they generally do so through the SEAr mechanism
Carbocation intermediate is stabilized through resonance
