By David Fowkes on Monday, 16 September 2019
Category: Chemistry A Level

Aromatic compounds

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 I had a dream!  

This presentation outlines the way in which Kekule came to propose his model  for the structure of benzene. It also outlines the ways in which the kekule proposal does not adequately explain all the properties of the benzene molecule.

 Aromatic compounds

Electrophilic substitution mechanisms 

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 These mechanisms might look complex at first but - once you have the idea for one of the reactions, you can apply the same ideas to the others.

The trick here is to learn how to make the electrophiles.

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 This diagram might be difficult to understand without a discussion with a tutor.