This compound can undergo the Friedel-Crafts reactions using a strong Lewis acid catalyst.
This compound can undergo the Friedel-Crafts reactions using a strong Lewis acid catalyst. Ludwig Roselius used this compound to decaffeinate coffee in 1903. Kathleen Lonsdale, using X-ray diffraction, confirmed its cyclic structure in 1929, confirming Friedrich Kekule's 1865 proposal on its structure when he supposedly daydreamed a snake biting its tale. Its simple derivatives include alinine and toluene, which have an amine and a methyl group attached to it, respectively. A cyclic compound with alternating single and double bonds, this is, for 10 points, what aromatic compound with formula C6H6?
This compound can undergo the Friedel-Crafts reactions using a strong Lewis acid catalyst.
benzene or benzol [do not accept phenyl or phenol; accept anything with aromatic in first sentence]