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Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution

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    • A nucleophilic aromatic substitution is a nucleophilic substitution reaction in which it is a leaving group on an aromatic ring that is replaced by the nucleophile.

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    see also benzyne mechanism, SNAr mechanism, nucleophilic aliphatic substitution