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Reactions of Aromatic Compounds: Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution and Related Mechanisms

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Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution – General Mechanism

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

Halogenation

  • Halogenation Mechanism
    03:45
  • General properties of halogenation.
    02:27

Generating Electrophiles – EAS Nitration

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

Halohydrin Formation

  • Halohydrin Mechanism
    04:48
  • General properties of halohydrin formation.
    01:44

EAS – Monosubstituted Benzene

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

EAS-o, p-Major Products

  • Ortho, Para major products
    04:42

EAS – Monosubstituted Benzene

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

Generating Electrophiles – Friedel-Crafts Alkylation

  • Friedel-Crafts Alkylation
    06:30

Generating Electrophiles – Friedel-Crafts Acylation

  • Friedel-Crafts Acylation
    05:20

Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution

  • The Meisenheimer Complex
    06:23
  • Which ipso-substitution is more favored
    03:30
  • General Mechanism
    06:45

Benzyne

  • Regiospecificity
    03:20
  • General Mechanism
    06:06
  • Activating and deactivating groups
    03:27

Organometallic Cumulative Practice

  • Intro to Predict the Product
    00:24
  • Intro to Retrosynthesis
    00:22

Heck Reaction

  • Heck Reaction Example 1
    03:50
  • Heck Reaction
    02:30
  • Heck Reaction Mechanism Example 1
    07:35

Suzuki Reaction

  • Suzuki Reaction Example 1
    03:58
  • Suzuki Reaction
    04:02
  • Suzuki Reaction
    03:22

Side-Chain Halogenation

  • Side-Chain Halogenations
    06:14

Side-Chain Oxidation

  • Benzylic Oxidation
    03:20
  • Which alkylbenzene would NOT yield benzoic acid, treated with KMnO4
    00:49

Reactions at Benzylic Positions

  • Guided course
    Reactions at Benzylic Positions Example 3
    1:12
  • Guided course
    Reactions at Benzylic Positions Example 2
    2:03
  • Guided course
    Reactions at Benzylic Positions Concept 1
    1:01

Birch Reduction

  • Regiospecific products
    02:51
  • Birch Reduction Mechanism
    04:40