Key Terms

• acyl group
• acylation
• alkylation
• antiaromatic
• arene
• aromatic
• benzyl group
• electrophilic aromatic substitution
• Friedel–Crafts reaction
• inductive effect
• heterocycle
• meta (m)
• ortho (o)
• para (p)
• phenyl group
• resonance effect
• ring-current

Summary of Reactions 8

Electrophilic aromatic substitution

• Bromination (Section 8.3)

• Chlorination (Section 8.4)

• Iodination (Section 8.4)

• Nitration (Section 8.4)

• Sulfonation (Section 8.4)

• Friedel–Crafts alkylation (Section 8.5)

• Friedel–Crafts acylation (Section 8.5)

Oxidation and Reduction Reactions

• Reduction of aromatic nitro groups (Section 8.4)

• Oxidation of alkylbenzene side chain (Section 8.8)

• Catalytic hydrogenation of aromatic ring (Section 8.8)