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Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution – The Mechanism

November 9, 2017 By James Ashenhurst 1 Comment

Last post in this series on reactions of aromatic groups we introduced activating and deactivating groups in Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution (EAS). We learned that electron-donating substituents on the aromatic ring increase the reaction rate and electron-withdrawing substituents decrease the … [Read more...]

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