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This reaction has several limitations: (1)
The reaction does not work when the aromatic ring is substituled wilh slrong/y electron withdrawing groups (EWG) or amino groups
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o?ry
ct
EWG
ct
I no reaction
ô
AICt3
.olffi'ffi-ffi'ilk*ffi no substitution product
chloride generates a carbocêtion (the electrophale),
the cârbon skeleton is subject
to carbocataon rearragements yielding
undesired products
ry- o-r
-.--.---1....-c, Atct3
maior product
,-\-.-L., +
Arcb
+
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minor
producl 1.2-hydride shifr
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elec{rophile thât l€ads to
(3)
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arkvrarion reacrion is difficurt to stop
observed
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fd) Aromatic acylations
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Aromatic rings are acyrated lyhen rÇected,with açvr chrorides and âluminum chroride
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7.4.5 Reactions of aromatic compounds Alkylbenzene side chains can be oxidized to carboxylic acids using KMnOa, 'OH, HrO, heat.
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fv\\'/ -l \-[) a\-\
KMnoo, oH-.
Note: The atkyr side chain must
this reaction to
.
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occur
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conjugated group, or atcohor for
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Alkylbenzene sidechains can be brominated at the benzylic position with NBS
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rohr ra\a^Br ;Ëi.' \)
b
Benzÿ
F -\
ÇN-H
bromide
\
(lr-bromotoluene) NBS
(64%)
General Mechanism of Benzylic Halogenation: eâ.hr,nablio,| Step
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or
lght aal,'a hrlogaat riola.uhe lo de.Ia into r.d*:da. haat. or
ClriaAD,4abn Sr4'
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ben:ÿlic aadicd rnd
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QH.-C:/ tH - X-:X
....
Ee,rtÿ|.ldlarl
Wooen haride. H
c*r1-Ü-x
r
x,
ü Eellrtl hald.
Th. benzÿlh rrdical lfICIE ÿ.th s h.lo{si nolccuta to iorm làc bentylic halide prodllct rrü r hâlogei r tic.l hat Fopâglt a t tô.iain
CrrlDlûrr,.Etton
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cÉH5cH.-x
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CÉH5cH!-cHrc6H,
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Benzene can be partjally hydrogenated via the Birch Reduction: Na lq. NH}
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Mechanism:
OfÀtA..-,O.**] Bemene
Benzeæ radical anion
l,*
f,rî 'tr- l L)'/-,{).*"."1 C'yclotnxadiny' radical
I*..
Cycloheradienyl anion
'1,4{yclohexadiene
fu/ UW ?+
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7.4-G Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution
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When aromatic halides are substituted with electron withdrawi
para- positions they can react with nucleophiles. The reaction takes place through an
NO, Carbanion (Meisenheimer intermediate)
Resonance of the l\ileisenheimer I ntermediate:
HO
Ct
HO
Ct
HO
HO
Ct
CI
,(')
"'.-
\\lf
4 k,zfu* 4"§ffiï*ffi, î'-? ."-/, n, 4 "*O A ? TbT
_N'oo ' -ci.
t
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Practice Problems ldentify the aromatic compounds. For lhose that are not aromatic, specify why.
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H
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æ
üd^'
o^k;lw ,h'
Draw a curved anow reaction mechanism to account for the product formed in the forowing reaction. Be sure to incrude initiar erectrophire generation and
a[ significant intermediate
resonance forms. BT
Br
CI,
ô
ct-ct
FeCll
FeCt3
-t
L) T ct
rc;Àffe{-,,,?,,=
Kq-Ç/ Br\
'E"e\t',, d"
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Draw two additional resonance structures of nitrobenzene that both illustrate how the nitro group affects the reactivity of the aromatic system towards electrophiles.
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4.
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of resonance contrlbutors in the nitration a)Draw the struclure of the 2 most significant toluene. in the nitration reaction' b) Show the formation of the etectrophilic species
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5. Propose a mechanism for the nilration of bromobenzene to give parabromonitrobenzene.
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l,il ^o
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Provide the major product/starting materiarÿreagents for each of lhe foflowing .eactions a)
tto
c) hot
c(cHr)3 Bt:
b)
/:\ 1l ,^ cr {( )}-o-i-{( )Frt È4 \=7
i
onc sqtri\irlcnt)
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