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Summary of Reactions

Organic ChemistrySummary of Reactions
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16 • Summary of Reactions

16 • Summary of Reactions

  1. Electrophilic aromatic substitution
    1. Fluorination (Section 16.2)
    2. Bromination (Section 16.1)
    3. Chlorination (Section 16.2)
    4. Iodination (Section 16.2)
    5. Nitration (Section 16.2)
    6. Sulfonation (Section 16.2)
    7. Friedel–Crafts alkylation (Section 16.3)

    8. Friedel–Crafts acylation (Section 16.3)
  2. Reduction of aromatic nitro groups (Section 16.2)
  3. Nucleophilic aromatic substitution
    1. By addition to activated aryl halides (Section 16.6)
    2. By formation of benzyne intermediate from unactivated aryl halide (Section 16.7)
  4. Oxidation of alkylbenzene side chain (Section 16.8)
  5. Benzylic bromination of alkylbenzene side chain (Section 16.8)
  6. Catalytic hydrogenation of aromatic ring (Section 16.9)
  7. Reduction of aryl alkyl ketones (Section 16.9)
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