Aromatic Compounds
- Aromatic compounds have planar structures with delocalised bonding
- Benzene is an example of an aromatic ring
- Delocalised bonding increases the stability of aromatic molecules
- Benzene undergoes electrophilic substitution reactions
- Benzene is an important starting material for organic syntheses
- Key mechanisms for benzene’s electrophilic substitution are nitration and Friedel-Crafts acylation.