AROMATIC HYDROCARBON
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AROMATIC HYDROCARBON
Aromatic Hydrocarbon
Aromatic hydrocarbon consists of molecules that contain a functional group that is
composed of two to three doubly bonded carbon atoms assuming the shape of a regular planar
(Clark, 2018). They are made of aromatic rings arranged with an alternating double and single
bonds. They include; benzene, methylbenzene, also known as Touline, phenol, and phenols,
ethers and epoxide, amines and the halide groups among many other examples. However, this
research paper only considers three of the aromatic compounds; Touline (methylbenzene),
benzene and the phenols, their chemical reactions, and the possible application in industry.
Benzene
Benzene takes part in electrophilic substitution reactions due to the high stability of the
delocalized electrons (Schwarzenbach, & Gschwend, 2016). The substitution reaction is
activated by the electrophiles. The benzene molecule is made up of six carbon atoms, during
substation reaction only one hydrogen in each of the carbon atoms are substituted by either the
amine or the halides, the resulting sense compound will have a formula of C6H5X .X, in this
case, is the substituting group (say, ethyl group) (Schwarzenbach, & Gschwend, 2016). The
process of substitution continues until all the hydrogen molecules attached to each of the six
carbon atoms in the benzene molecules are completely substituted
Benzene can undergo different types of substitution reactions depending on the particles
being substituted (Schwarzenbach, & Gschwend, 2016). When treated with a sulphonic acid
group (-SO3H), it is referred to as sulphonation substitution reaction see the reaction below of
benzene molecule and concentrated sulphuric(VI),

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