Organic Chemistry II CHEM-2425 Ch 16 Reactions of Aromatic Compounds Part 1

Chapter 16 Lecture Video Part 1 Section 16.1 Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution: Introduction to electrophilic aromatic substitution (EAS). Section 16.2 The General EAS Mechanism: Breakdown of the EAS mechanism, including curved arrows, resonance structures of the arenium ion intermediate, partial positive charges in the hybrid structure, and an energy diagram of the two-step reaction.. Section 16.3 Halogenation: Write out the mechanism for EAS with bromine and chlorine. Section 16.4 Nitration and Sulfonation: Write out the mechanism of EAS for nitration and sulfonation. Section 16.5 Friedel-Crafts Alkylation and Acylation: Write out the mechanism of EAS for alkylation and acylation. Give the limitations of Friedel-Crafts alkylation and acylation. These are the lectures that I use in my Organic Chemistry II course. The textbook I use is Smith, Janice "Organic Chemistry", McGraw Hill, 6th Ed., 2020, ISBN13: 9781260119107. Some images used in this video come from that textbook.