EAS vs. NAS vs. Elimination/Addition Flow Chart

This flow chart is general and assumes the substrate is aromatic.

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Are the reagents strongly electrophilic or stongly nucleophilic?
Generally Electrophilic reagents have some sort of strong acid involved (AlCl3, NHO3, etc.).
Strongly Nucleophiles involve some sort of strong base (NH2, OH)

Electrophilic
Nucleophilic