Friedel-Craft Alkylation, EAS, Carbocation from alcohols, alkenes or alkyl halides and a Lewis acid = alkylbenzene

Friedel-Craft Acylation, EAS, RCOCl/AlCl₃ = phenylketone

Reduction of Friedel-Craft Acylation Products to a Primary Alkyl Group (Carbonyl to Methylene) using Acidic (Clemmensen), Basic (Wolff-Kishner) and Neutral Conditions (Thio Ketal)

DS, CuCN = cyanobenzene

Kolbe Synthesis, EAS, Phenol/^-OH/CO₂ = salicylic acid

Claisen Rearrangement = ortho-alkylphenol

Nitration, EAS, HNO₃/H₂SO₄ = nitrobenzene

Reduction of Nitrobenzene to Aniline

Conversion of an Aniline to a Diazonium Salt

Diazo Coupling, EAS, Diazonium/Heat = Azo dyes

Benzyne Intermediate from Halobenzenes

Cumene Hydroperoxide Rearrangement, EAS = phenol & acetone

DS, CuOH = phenol

NAS of Sulfonate or Halobenzene Derivatives = phenol derivative

Benzyne Intermediate from Halobenzenes

DS, NaBF₄ = fluorobenzene

Sulfonation, EAS, H₂SO₄ = benzene sulfonic acid, reversible tends to form para adduct

Chlorination, EAS, Cl₂/FeCl₃ = chlorobenzene

DS, CuCl = chlorobenzene

Bromination, EAS, Br₂/FeBr₃ = bromobenzene

DS, CuBr = bromobenzene

Iodination, EAS, I₂ with HNO₃ or H₂O₂= iodobenzene

DS, HI = iodobenzene