where is alpha and beta positions in napthalene
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In naphthalene, eletrophilic substitution can occur at C1(alpha carbon) or at C2 (beta carbon). The carbocation formed by attack of electrophile at alpha-position is much more stabilized by resonance since it has four contributing structures in which aromatic character is retained in one of the ring.
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