More EAS 0 Electron Donating and Withdrawing Groups: Crash Course Organic Chemistry #38

In the previous episode, we discussed what happens when we use electrophilic aromatic substitution to add a group to a benzene ring, but what happens when you try to add even more groups? Well, things get a little more complicated. In this episode of Crash Course Organic Chemistry, we’ll continue our exploration of EAS reactions by looking at electron-donating groups and electron-withdrawing groups on benzene, and how they affect what happens when we try to add new groups to the ring.

Episode Sources:
Hammond, G.S. and Douglas, K.J., 1959. Aromatic nitration. III. The ortho to para ratio in nitration of benzonitrile. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 81(5), pp.1184-1187.

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