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Electrophilic aromatic substitutions proceed in two stages.
1. Attack of the electrophile on the aromatic ring.
2. Regeneration of the stable aromatic system by loss of a positively charged
unit, usually a proton.
Br
FeBr3
Draw the most stable resonance structure for the intermediate that forms by
electrophilic attack on ethylbenzene in the reaction above.
Transcribed Image Text:Electrophilic aromatic substitutions proceed in two stages. 1. Attack of the electrophile on the aromatic ring. 2. Regeneration of the stable aromatic system by loss of a positively charged unit, usually a proton. Br FeBr3 Draw the most stable resonance structure for the intermediate that forms by electrophilic attack on ethylbenzene in the reaction above.
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