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Aromaticity, Nomenclature, and Reactions of Benzene and Substituted Benzenes

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Aromaticity

  • Intro to Aromaticity
    08:19

Huckel's Rule

  • Four tests
    10:23

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

  • EAS General Mechanism
    06:52
  • EAS Review
    03:07

Benzene Reactions

  • EAS Reactions Overview
    11:50

EAS:Halogenation Mechanism

  • EAS Halogenation
    06:26

EAS:Nitration Mechanism

  • Reduction of Nitro Groups
    03:23
  • EAS Nitration
    06:09

EAS:Friedel-Crafts Alkylation Mechanism

  • Friedel-Crafts Alkylation
    06:30

EAS:Friedel-Crafts Acylation Mechanism

  • Friedel-Crafts Acylation
    05:20

Electron Withdrawing Groups

  • Badass Activity Chart
    11:55
  • Activity and Directing Effects
    04:29

EAS:Ortho vs. Para Positions

  • Ortho, Para major products
    04:42

Ranking Acidity

  • Which of the oxides is the most basic?
    00:30
  • The 3 factors that determine the strength of inductive effects.
    03:09
  • Using Inductive Effect to determine acidity
    01:54

Ranking Acidity

  • Which of the oxides is the most basic?
    00:30
  • The 3 factors that determine the strength of inductive effects.
    03:09
  • Using Inductive Effect to determine acidity
    01:54

Acids and Bases

  • Lewis vs. Bronsted-Lowry Definition
    07:46
  • The Bronsted-Lowry definition of acids and bases.
    00:54
  • Equilibrium constant and conjugates.
    02:11