OCR A level Chemistry: Aromatic Compounds

OCR A level Chemistry: Aromatic Compounds is apart of the Module 6: Organic Chemistry and Analysis.

All presentations come with worked examples, solutions and homeworks

• Molecular, empirical, skeletal formula for benzene.
• The Kekulé model for benzene
• Evidence against the Kekule model
• The delocalised model for benzene
• Nomenclature for benzene rings and aromatic (arene) compounds
• Naming benzene containing compounds
• Drawing benzene containing compounds
• Defining an electrophile
• Substitution reactions
• Nitration of Benzene
• Reaction mechanisms
• Halogenation of Benzene
• Common Halogen Carriers
• Friedel-Crafts Alkylation Reactions
• Acyl Chloride
• Acylation Reactions of Benzene
• Reactivity of Alkenes and Arenes
• Naming phenols
• Distinguishing between phenols and alcohols
• Distinguishing between phenols and alkenes
• Distinguishing between phenols and carboxylic acids
• Phenol as a weak acid
• Electrophilic reactions with phenols
• Comparing and explaining the reactivity of phenols and benzene
• Naming positions on the aromatic ring
• Activating groups and deactivating groups
• 2-and-4-directing and 3-directing groups
• ortho-and-para directing and meta directing groups
• Two-step synthesis routes for benzene using directing groups.
  • Nitration of benzene
  • Halogenation of benzene
  • Friedel-Crafts Alkylation of benzene