Chemistry 331 - Winter 1996
Elements of Organic Chemistry I

Skills from Chapter 5 - Aromatic Compounds

• read and understand the chapter summary and reaction summary
• describe the unique properties of benzene and aromatic compounds
• name simple aromatic compounds
• formulate the mechanism for various electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions
• identify the strong electrophiles necessary to initiate various electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions
• classify substituents in terms of their effects on reactivity and on orientation
• explain the reactivity and directing effects of different substituents
• write resonance forms for aromatic compounds and intermediates
• use retrosynthetic analysis to plan a multistep synthesis of a substituted aromatic compound