This lesson has a nice ring to it! Teach your class about the important solvent, benzene, in a short, informative video. Young organic chemists learn the structure of the benzene ring through various acceptable representations. The...

Starting with a diagram of a concrete example of electrophilic aromatic substitution, this video recaps diagrams of the electrophile behavior and how they "attack" relatively stable carbocations.

Familiarize your class with the benzene derivative compounds. Some Sal will recommend memorizing, while others are mainly presented as practice for naming.

In this video lecture learn about aromaticity or aromatic stabilization. Video focuses on the aromatic molecule of benzene. Understand that aromatic compounds are classified by containing a ring and having a certain number of electrons...

Explains what happens during the halogenation of benzene. [8:40]

An exploration of resonance in benzene and the carbonate ion.

Explains the structure of benzene, and how benzene derivatives are named.

An introduction to the varieties of aromatic hydrocarbons that are benzene derivatives, and how to name them.

Describes the sulfonation of benzene, the simplest aromatic hydrocarbon. [10:24]

Video lecture explains the aromaticity of benzene. [5:57]

A video discussing the aromaticity or aromatic stability of benzene. [5:58]

A video exploring how the geometry of a molecule plays into aromaticity. Be able to answer the question why cyclooctatetraene is not aromatic like benzene. [10:01]

An exploration of aromatic stability as it relates to benzene. [5:59]