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Organic Chemistry

Chemical Properties of Benzene

Chemical Properties of Benzene

  1. Addition Reactions of Benzene

Electrophilic Substitution Reaction in Benzene

The resonance in the benzene ring partially stabilizes the arenium ion, which makes benzene prone to electrophilic substitution reaction. 

Electrophilic substitution reactions are the reaction in which an electrophile is substituted, replacing the hydrogen atom in benzene.

Most common Electrophilic Reaction in Benzene is shown below: