Chapter 17: Aromatic Compounds

Learning Objective 1: Different Examples of aromatic rings

How to distinguish between an aryl, phenyl, and arene group: an arene group is a ring of hydrocarbons, a phenyl group is an aryl group without branching

Learning Objective 2: IUPAC

• IUPAC rules remain the same as always, however the parent and substituent names are slightly different

STEPS for Nomenclature of Benzene Derivatives!!

1. Identify the parent

2. Identify the name and substituents

3. Number the parent chain & assign a locant to each substituent

4. List