15: Aromaticity (Reactions of Benzene) Last updated Jun 23, 2019 Save as PDF 14.23: X-Ray Crystallography 15.1: Aromatic Compounds Are Unusually Stable Page ID13954 ( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,}\) An Introductory Organic Chemistry Textmap organized around Paula Bruice's textbook Organic Chemistry I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI Template:HideTOC Topic hierarchy15.1: Aromatic Compounds Are Unusually Stable15.2: The Two Criteria for Aromaticity15.3: Applying the Criteria for Aromaticity15.4: Aromatic Heterocyclic Compounds15.5: Some Chemical Consequences of Aromaticity15.6: Antiaromaticity15.7: A Molecular Orbital Description of Aromaticity and Antiaromaticity15.8: The Nomenclature of Monosubstituted Benzenes15.9: How Benzene Reacts15.10: The General Mechanism for Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions15.11: The Halogenation of Benzene15.12: The Nitration of Benzene15.13: The Sulfonation of Benzene15.14: The Friedel-Crafts Acylation of Benzene15.15: The Friedel-Crafts Alkylation of Benzene15.16: The Alkylation of Benzene by Acylation-Reduction15.17: sing Coupling Reactions to Alkylate Benzene15.18: It Is Important to Have More Than One Way to Carry Out a Reaction15.19: Polycyclic Benzold Hydrocarbons15.20: Arene Oxides