Abstract
Since an electron-donating substituent will usually also increase the π electron density all over the aromatic ring, such rings react with electrophiles faster than benzene; sometimes so much so that milder conditions have to be used. Thus a hydroxybenzene is as reactive to electrophiles as an alkene, but still giving substitution reactions rather than addition.
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Robinson, D.A., Woollard, J.M. (1982). Benzene and its Derivatives-II. In: Chemistry for Colleges and Schools. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04540-2_36
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