…meta- directors. Let’s examine two case studies. We’ll look at a generic electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction of benzene with an ortho-, para- director (methoxybenzene) and examine the intermediates that are…
Read more…nitrile. Examples: Notes: The Beckmann rearrangement is achieved by converting the oxygen of the oxime to a good leaving group, and then heating. In the first example, treatment of the…
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Read more…being changed at once. In the next post we’ll look at a very specific example of this – and, I may add, a common exam problem. : – ) Thanks…
Read more…compound (“Michael acceptor”) …giving a new C-C single bond and breaking a C-C pi bond …resulting in a new enolate, which is then protonated to give the final product. The…
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Read more…here who first proposed it. Isolation of the Stable Boron Trifluoride – Hydrogen Fluoride Complexes of the Methyl-benzenes ; the Onium Salt (or σ-Complex) Structure of the Friedel-Crafts Complexes OLÁH,…
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Read more…of pi bonds with electrophiles that generate a carbocation. A common example is the reaction of alkenes with a strong acid such as H-Cl, leading to formation of a carbocation….
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