Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Aromatic Hydrocarbons for JEE — concepts and worked problems.

Syllabus

  1. Aromatic Hydrocarbons

    1. Benzene (structure, resonance & aromaticity)
    2. Electrophilic aromatic substitution — the general mechanism
    3. Halogenation, nitration & sulphonation of benzene
    4. Friedel–Crafts alkylation & acylation
    5. Directive influence of substituents in monosubstituted benzene