What is electrophilic aromatic substitution used for?
1 Answer
Jul 7, 2017
EAS is used for plastic production and other proceedings...
Explanation:
Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
...when an electrophile (attracts, receives electrons) replaces an atom (e.g:
From Wikipedia :
"The most widely practiced example of this reaction is the ethylation of benzene. Approximately 24,700,000 tons were produced in 1999.[1] (After dehydrogenation and polymerization, the commodity plastic polystyrene is produced.) In this process, solid acids are used as catalyst to generate the incipient carbocation".(...)
