(couleur) grey (Grande-Bretagne) , gray (USA) il fait gris it's a dull day, it's a grey day. faire grise mine to look morose. faire grise mine Ã  qn to give sb a cool reception.
In electrophilic aromatic substitution, the benzene ring acts as an electron donor (Lewis base or nucleophile) and reacts with an electron acceptor (Lewis acid or electrophile). The result of electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions is that an aromatic hydrogen is replaced by some other atom or functional group.
The benzoin condensation is a reaction (often called a condensation reaction, for historical reasons) between two aromatic aldehydes, particularly benzaldehyde.The reaction is catalyzed by a nucleophile such as the cyanide anion or an N-heterocyclic carbene.n this reaction, the two aldehydes serve different purposes; one aldehyde donates a proton and one aldehyde accepts a proton. 4-Dimethylaminobenzaldehyde is an efficient proton donor while benzaldehyde is both a proton acceptor and donor.