The document summarizes the general mechanism of electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions. It involves a two-step process where an electrophile first forms a covalent bond with the aromatic ring by accepting an electron pair, forming an intermediate called an arenium ion. The arenium ion then either loses a proton to form the substituted product or the proton is transferred elsewhere. Specifically, it discusses how sulphonation occurs, adding sulfuric acid to benzene via concentrated or fuming sulfuric acid, and how desulphonation can reverse this process by heating the aromatic sulfonic acid.