Intramolecular Friedel-Crafts Reactions
…product? No new concepts! Same pattern of bonds that form and break. But if you haven’t seen an example like this before, it might throw you completely off your memorized…
Read more…product? No new concepts! Same pattern of bonds that form and break. But if you haven’t seen an example like this before, it might throw you completely off your memorized…
Read more…generally not energetically favorable, this is compensated by the fact that it restores aromaticity. [UPDATE: In the comments, Matt brings up a very interesting recent study that suggests that some…
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Read more…Centers, Multiple Bonds, And Isotopes? This post is about some of the further complications we see in assigning priorities. For example, how do you assign priorities in the following cases:…
Read more…chloride (AlCl3) is often used, but FeCl3 and other Lewis acids will also do the job. Here’s a general example of the Friedel-Crafts acylation: A specific example is the reaction…
Read more…vs. Nucleophilicity How Acidity/Basicity Is Measured vs. How Nucleophilicity Is Measured Some Rules Of Thumb For Comparing Basicity and Nucleophilicity A Good First Approximation: “The Stronger The Base, The Stronger…
Read more…of an oxidant is used to convert I2 to I+ . A common example cited is HNO3, which in the presence of additional acid (e.g. H2SO4) is a source of…
Read more…giant in computational Physical Organic chemistry. This is a computational study of aromatic sulfonation that attempts to clarify the mechanism. Computational modeling shows that a trimolecular reaction with 2 SO3…
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