Organic Chemistry Song for CHMB42 "You Keep the Electrons" A Song about Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Based on the song Breakeven by The Script: www.youtube.com Lyrics We were a benzene, but something came near A strong electrophile and your electrons grab it A carbocation forms and a base pulls me off And when our bond breaks, you keep the electrons Im still attached, but Im barely holding Just hoping that nothing comes and takes me But I gotta leave cause youre nonaromatic And when our bond breaks, you keep the electrons, electrons, oh What am I supposed to do when an electrophile gets close to you? What am I supposed to say when you act as a nucleophile and I go away? I've been substituted, yeah I've been substituted I am still bonded, but now to some base Just been pulled off against my own will Cause I got one bond and you, too many And when our bond breaks, you keep the electrons, electrons, oh What am I supposed to do when an electrophile gets close to you? What am I supposed to say when you act as a nucleophile and I go away? I've been substituted, yeah I've been substituted, yeah Ive been substituted (Ones still attached, while the other ones leaving) Ive been substituted (Cause when our bond breaks, you keep the electrons) Oh, there are halogens, nitro groups, alkyl subs too, Sulfonic acid, acyl groups too I was taken away by the presence of base, oh Now you left me with this base and no way to return We were a benzene, but something came near A strong ...