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If the the alkyl chain is smaller than the ring use the
ring as the parent
Monosubstituted benzenes named the same way
as other hydrocarbons using benzene as the
parent name
Aromatic Compounds
CH3
CH3
CH3
CH3
H3C
CH3
CH3
CH3
Common
Name
toluene
benzene
ortho-xylene
methylbenzene
IUPAC
CH3
meta-xylene
1,2-dimethylbenzene
cumene
para-xylene
1,3-dimethylbenzene
1,4-dimethylbenzene
isopropylbenzene
Cl
phenol
chlorobenzene
CH2OH
NH2
OMe
aniline
anisole
OH
SO3H
NO2
benzene
sulfonic acid
O
nitrobenzene
CH3
biphenyl
benzylalcohol benzaldehyde
or
phenylmethanol
benzoic acid
acetophenone
HC
CH2
styrene
7
6
5
1
2
naphthalene
10
8
7
8
9
anthracene
10
phenanthrene
2,4,5,6,10-pentamethylphenanthrene
H
N
N
furan
pyrrole
pyridine
N
pyrimidine
N
H
indole
N
H
N
N
purine
Structure of Benzene
H
H
H
H
H2, Pd
H2, Ni
175 C
180 atm
H2, Pd
H H
sp3
Antiaromatic Compounds
1 monocyclic cmp
X
H
Aromatic Ions
Aromatic Heterocycles
A Heterocycle
is a cyclic
compound that
contains an
atom or atoms
other than
carbon
Furan
Thiophene
N
CH3
N
H3C
H
N
N
N
H
4 electrons
antiaromatic
Exists @ 4 K
azulene
H
H
B
N
H
N
B
H
H
B
N
Borazine
Discovered in 2009
21 kcal/mol resonance stabilization
Smells like benzene
17
What is Aromaticity?
MO Description of Benzene
Frost Diagrams
6e
non-bond MO's
bonding MO's
Why 4n+2?
Aromatic
NB
NB
Antiaromatic or Nonaromatic
NB
NB