ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Dr Nam T. S. Phan
Faculty of Chemical Engineering
HCMC University of Technology
Office: room 211, B2 Building
Phone: 38647256 ext. 5681
Email: [email protected]
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Chapter 8:
ARENES
Benzene
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CRITERIA FOR AROMATICITY
To be classified as aromatic, a compound must
meet both of the following criteria:
• It must have an un-interrupted cyclic π cloud
above & below the plane of the molecule
• The π cloud must contain (4n + 2) π electrons (n
= 0, 1, 2…)
un-interrupted
cyclic π cloud
6πe=4x1+2
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Aromatic:
(+)
(-)
(+)
N
H
O
S
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NOT (4n + 2) π e
NOT aromatic:
(.)
(+)
4πe
(-)
(.)
5πe
7πe
8πe
Interrupted
cyclic π
cloud
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NOMENCLATURE OF
MONOSUBSTITUTED BENZENES
Name of substituent + benzene
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Names have to be memorized:
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NOMENCLATURE OF DI- &
POLYSUBSTITUTED BENZENES
Alphabetical order, 1-position for the 1st stated substituent
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1 of the substituents can be incorporated into a name:
Names
incorporating
2 substituents
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Alphabetical
order
Lowest possible
numbers
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PREPARATION OF BENZENE
Petroleum
Bezene
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REACTIONS OF BENZENE
Halogenations of benzene
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Reaction mechanism: electrophilic substitution
Catalyst regeneration 13
Nitration of benzene
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Sulfonation of benzene
Reversible reaction
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Reaction mechanism: electrophilic substitution
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Friedel-Crafts Alkylations of benzene
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Carbocation
rearrangement
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