What is the electrophilic aromatic substitution mechanism?
1 Answer
Dec 21, 2016
It's the mechanism whereby an electrophilic is substituted onto an aromatic ring with the loss of a hydrogen atom.
Explanation:
Since the group is an electrophile, it is electron-deficient. So the pi ring in the aromatic donates an electron pair to the electrophile. Then a hydrogen group is kicked off of the aromatic to finish the substitution reaction.
This is how the mechanism for the nitration of benzene is drawn. 
