Edexcel A-Level Chemistry 9CH0
Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table
Bonding and Structure
Inorganic Chemistry and the Periodic Table
Formulae, Equations and Amounts of Substance
Organic Chemistry I
Modern Analytical Techniques I
Energetics I
Kinetics I
Equilibrium I
Acid-Base Equilibria
Energetics II
Redox II
Transition Metals
Kinetics II
Organic Chemistry II
Organic Chemistry III
Organic Chemistry III
Electrophilic substitution of benzene
- 3 things to know
- Papers 2 and 3
Overview
The reagents, catalysts and products for the bromination and nitration of benzene, Friedel-Crafts alkylation and acylation with aluminium chloride, and how the halogen carrier generates the electrophile.
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
What type of catalyst is required for the bromination of benzene?
What inorganic product is formed alongside bromobenzene in the bromination of benzene?
Questions from this subtopic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
What type of catalyst is required for the bromination of benzene?
Model answer
A halogen carrier catalyst (such as FeBr₃).
- 2
Benzene plus bromine over a halogen carrier — name the organic product.
Model answer
Bromobenzene.
- 3
What inorganic product is formed alongside bromobenzene in the bromination of benzene?
Model answer
Hydrogen bromide (HBr).
- 4
What reagents are required for the nitration of benzene?
Model answer
A mixture of concentrated nitric acid and concentrated sulfuric acid.
- 5
Name the organic product formed when benzene undergoes nitration.
Model answer
Nitrobenzene.
- 6
What is the role of sulfuric acid in the nitration of benzene?
Model answer
It acts as a catalyst.
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