Syllabus:
- Introduction and characteristics of aromatic compounds
- Huckel's rule of aromaticity
- Kekule structure of Benzene
- Resonance and Isomerism
- Preparation of benzene from decarboxylation of sodium benzoate, phenol, and ethyne only
- Physical properties of benzene
- Chemical properties of benzene: Addition reaction; hydrogen, halogen, Electrophilic substitution reactions; orientation of benzene derivative (o,m and p), nitration, sulphonation, halogenations, Friedel-Crafts reaction (alkylation and acylation), combustion of benzene (free combustion only) and uses Phenols
