Chemistry A-Level
Electrophilic substitution of arenes
What Electrophilic substitution of arenes means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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A reaction in which the electrophile attacks the ring, a delocalised intermediate (a carbocation) forms, and a proton is lost to restore aromaticity.
Topics that use Electrophilic substitution of arenes
- Aromatic compounds (OCR A-Level)
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