At the end of this activity, students should be able to define an electrophilic substitution reaction of the aromatic ring and describe its mechanism, write down the reaction of benzene nitration and name its products, give examples of the uses of nitro compounds, explain the Friedel-Crafts alkylation and acylation reactions of the benzene ring and design synthesis reactions for simple alkyl and acyl derivatives of benzene.

Originally released by Learnetic, 2016.