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E.A.S.
Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
a characteristic type of reaction that occurs with aromatic compounds.
a characteristic type of reaction that occurs with aromatic compounds.
• Different Electrophilic reactants differ
in
the site of E+ attack & in the way E+ is
generated.
the site of E+ attack & in the way E+ is
generated.
• Otherwise the
mechanism of substitution is
the same for each reaction.
the same for each reaction.
• We will look in
detail at the mechanism of
bromination.
bromination.
