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Aromatic Compounds Lecture Handout – Complete Guide to Structure, Stability & Reactions Struggling to understand what makes a compound aromatic? This comprehensive yet easy-to-digest handout covers everything you need to know about aromatic compounds—perfect for Organic Chemistry students aiming to master the topic. What’s included: Definition and criteria for aromaticity (Hückel’s Rule, planarity, cyclic conjugation) Clear comparisons of aromatic vs. antiaromatic vs. nonaromatic compounds Structural examples of benzene and substituted aromatics Orbital diagrams and π electron counts for visual learners Summary table of common aromatic systems, including heterocycles like pyridine and furan Intro to electrophilic aromatic substitution (EAS) and how aromaticity influences reactivity Helpful tips, diagrams, and practice questions to reinforce key concepts Ideal for lecture review, exam prep, or reinforcing tricky material after class. Designed by a top-performing student to make aromatic chemistry approachable and memorable. Instant download. Learn faster. Understand deeper. Master aromatic compounds with ease.

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Chapter 17 – Aromatic Compounds



Chapter 17 – Aromatic Compounds
Nomenclature
Case 1 – Monosubstituted Benzene: Benzene is the parent chain




Case 2 – If a substituent has more carbon than benzene, benzene can be a substituent called “phenyl”
group




Case 3 – Common names that are accepted by IUPAC

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Chapter 17 – Aromatic Compounds


Case 4 – Disubstituted Benzene
Dimethyl derivatives of benzene are called “xylene”




2-Bromo toluene

o-promotoluene
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3 (tert-buty') benzaldenyde




4 -
netrobenzoic acid

p-nitrobenzoic acid




Case 5 – Polysubstituted Benzene

We follow the usual procedure of nomenclature.
Step1 Identify the parent chain
Step2 Identify the substituents
Step3 Identify the location of substituents
Step4 Arrange the substituents alphabetically
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un 4- (tert-butyl) anisole




3, 5-dilsopropylaniline

2, 4 ,
6-trinitro to lune

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