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benzene has bp of 80oC, toluene has bp of 110 oC and xylene has boiling point of 130 oC. The GC of a mixture of these three compounds should show retention times as

What is the transition state when benzene reacts with an electrophile ?  

For mono-substituted benzenes, the position which holds the substitution/functional groups is called

Classify the following compounds as aromatic, anti-aromatic or non-aromatic.

Based on what you know about benzene, you should classify benzene as

Which cations are aromatic?

Which of the following is NOT a correct statement about Friedel-Crafts acylation reaction of benzene ?

When nitrobenzene is subjected to Friedel-Crafts alkylation using methyl chloride and AlCl3, the products are

p-nitrotoluene upon further nitration should yield

Chlorination of m-chlorotoluene yields