ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 3540

BENZENE

AROMATICS

SOURCES

NOMENCLATURE

AROMATICS - PROPERTIES

LOW REACTIVITY!

LOW HEATS OF HYDROGENATION!

BOND LENGTHS!

THEREFORE, MUST HAVE SPECIAL BONDING!

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS ARE MORE THAN JUST ORDINARY RESONANCE STABLIZED!!!

SOURCES OF AROMATICS

SIMPLE AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS FROM THERMAL BREAKDOWN OF COAL (1000 DEGREES AND NO AIR).

    A MIXTURE OF VOLATILE COMPOUNDS CALLED COAL TAR IS FORMED.

FROM NATURAL MATERIALS.

BY SYNTHESIS.

NOMENCLATURE OF SUBSTITUTED BENZENES

SIMPLE BENZENES WITHOUT BENZENE IN NAME.

SIMPLE BENZENES WITH BENZENE IN NAME.

MORE COMPLEX COMPOUNDS WITH BENZENE AS A GROUP.

DISUBSTITUTED BENZENES, SYSTEMATIC NAME.

DISUBSTITUTED BENZENES, COMMON NAME.

TRISUBSTITUTED BENZENES.

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