Aromatic compounds

This course is a part of Organic chemistry, a 14-course Topic series from Khan Academy.

The distinctive electronic structure of aromatic leads to some distinctive reactivity! We will be covering the naming of benzene derivatives, stability of aromatic compounds, electrophilic aromatic substitution, and nucleophilic aromatic substitution.

This course contains 7 segments:

Naming benzene derivatives

Would a cyclohexatriene by any other name smell as sweet? In this tutorial, Sal and Jay explain how to name benzene derivatives, the sometimes sweet-smelling cyclic molecules that can be used in the synthesis of explosives and plastics.

Reactions of benzene

In this tutorial, Sal shows the mechanism of Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution and the reactions of bromination and Friedel-Crafts Acylation.

Aromatic stability

In this tutorial, Sal and Jay explain the concept of aromatic stabilization and show how to determine if a compound or an ion exhibits aromaticity. Knowledge of MO theory is assumed.

Electrophilic aromatic substitution

In this tutorial, Jay shows several electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions.

Directing effects

In this tutorial, Jay shows you the directing effects of substituents on a benzene ring. Knowledge of Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution reactions is assumed.

Other reactions and synthesis

In this tutorial, Jay covers a few more reactions of benzene derivatives and also shows how to approach the synthesis of substituted benzene rings.

Nucleophilic aromatic substitution

In this tutorial, Jay shows the addition-elimination mechanism and the elimination-addition mechanism.