3E Aromatic Compounds

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Aromatic compounds

Bonding in benzene

Different reactivity to alkenes

Benzene ó a resonance hybrid

Benzene ó a resonance hybrid

Molecular orbital picture

Molecular orbital picture

Other representations

Why so stable?

Resonance

Hückel 4n+2 Rule

Hückel 4n+2 Rule

Nomenclature - monosubstituted benzenes

Nomenclature - monosubstituted benzenes

Disubstituted benzenes

Points to remember

Benzene as a substituent

Electrophilic aromatic substitution

Electrophilic aromatic substitution

Electrophilic aromatic substitution

Electrophilic aromatic substitution

Polycyclic aromatics

Heterocyclic aromatics

DNA

Pyridine

Pyrrole

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