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Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution (EAS) | 18.1 Organic Chemistry

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Chad provides a thorough introduction to Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution (EAS) reactions in this lesson. He begins with the general mechanism of EAS reactions before covering the specific mechanisms of four EAS reactions: bromination, chlorination, sulfonation, and nitration.

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00:00 Lesson Introduction
00:48 EAS vs NAS
01:59 EAS Mechanism
07:06 EAS Bromination
11:56 EAS Chlorination
14:05 EAS Sulfonation and Desulfonation
18:04 EAS Nitration

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