Learning outcomes - after studying this topic, you should be able to:

• explain the special stability of benzene and why it does not react like an alkene
• name simple aromatic compounds using IUPAC nomenclature
• predict the products for the reaction of benzene with several different electrophiles

• Sections 16.7 and 16.8 (in Blackman, Bottle, Schmid, Mocerino and Wille, Chemistry, 3^rd Edition, 2015 (John Wiley))

• Aromatics (in ChemWiki)
• Aromatic reactions (in Wikibooks Organic Chemistry)
• Aromatics (in Wikibooks Organic Chemistry)

• Dr Baker's lecture notes You need to login to eLearning to access lecture notes.
• Quiz 2 - sample quiz
• Suggested exam questions and answers

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