DESCRIPTION:
Created by Maura Bianco, Julie Olzak, Lindsay Pauline, and Rachel Williamson for Mrs. Anderson's Organic Chemistry class

Lyrics:
Three double bonds in a benzene ring
Gotta react, gotta add something
Gotta add a branch on carbon 1
Aromatic substitution is so fun
Adding on and on, everybody's branchin'
Gotta add it in the right spot
Where does it end up? It all depends!

Branches with a single bond
Branches with a double bond
Gotta make my mind up
Which carbon can I take?

It's benzene, benzene
Gotta put a branch on benzene
Everybody's looking' for a balanced structure
Benzene, benzene
Gotta put a branch on benzene
Everybody's lookin' for a balanced structure
1 2 3 4 5 6 (Yeah!)
1 2 3 4 5 6 (Yeah!)
Carbons, carbons
Carbons where the branches may end

One branch on the group, now we're adding more
First one on the ring opens the door
If there's only single bonds:
Ortho, para
What if there's a double bond?
Move it to the right, ay
That's the meta position
Now you know it

Branches with a single bond
Branches with a double bond
Gotta make my mind up
Which carbon can I take?

It's benzene, benzene
Gotta put a branch on benzene
Everybody's lookin' for a balanced structure
Benzene, benzene
Gotta put a branch on benzene
Everybody's lookin' for a balanced structure
1 2 3 4 5 6 (Yeah!)
1 2 3 4 5 6 (Yeah!)
Carbons, carbons
Carbons where the branches may end

Use halogenation-nation
Or maybe nitration-tration
Al-al-alkylation
Or sulfonation
So we can add a branch today
Electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions
I don't want organic to end!

(x2)
It's benzene, benzene
Gotta put a branch on benzene
Everybody's lookin' for a balanced structure
Benzene, benzene
Gotta put a branch on benzene
Everybody's lookin' for a balanced structure
1 2 3 4 5 6 (Yeah!)
1 2 3 4 5 6 (Yeah!)
Carbons, carbons
Carbons where the branches may end

(Parody of Rebecca Black's "Friday")