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Arenium Ion

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The resonance-stabilized carbocation intermediate of electrophilic aromatic substitution of arenes is called the arenium ion.

eg:

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mechanism:

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Step 1:

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Step 2:

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see also Friedel-Crafts alkylation, Friedel-Crafts acylation


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