Questions tagged [aromatic-compounds]
For questions about the properties and reactions of aromatic compounds. This tag should also be applied to antiaromatic compounds. This tag should not be applied to general questions about resonance, use the [resonance] tag instead.
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Oxidation of Toluene with Permanganate in Acidic and Basic Environment
So, in my current undergrad organic chemistry course, we were introduced to oxidation using permanganate. I know that alkenes can be oxidised to carbonyl compounds using hot, acidic KMnO4, but in our ...
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Phenol reaction with nitration mixture
When phenol is reacted with nitration mixture my teacher said that picric acid as minor product and a major oxidation product. Is that oxidation product benzoquinone or anything else?
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What test would give me a qualitative recognition of the presence of benzene in methylphenidate?
I need a couple of tests to recognize the presence of benzene in my compound (methyphenidate).
I've looked into tests with bromide or Freidel-Crafts reactions but I'm not sure if both or neither would ...
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Conflict: Sandmeyer reaction and Gattermann reaction
So it is known that benzene diazonium chloride when reaction with cuprous(I) chloride would produce a chlorobenzene which is called Sandmeyer reaction.
Now for the same salt, if we react it with ...
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Why does the Wurtz-Fittig reaction occur?
In the Wurtz-Fittig reaction, an aryl halide and an alkyl halide react with sodium in the presence of dry ether to give R-Ar as the major product. Why is the coupling of R and Ar favoured? In other ...
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Nonplanar polarization in allenes and aromatic compounds
I recently came across this elaborate article on electrophilic aromatic subsitution.
In the third chapter "General mechanistic considerations in electrophilic aromatic substitution" the ...
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Is the 4H-Pyran Cation aromatic?
I guess I'm just trying to understand what "cyclic resonance" really means, from all the examples I've come across its always a cyclic system where the pi-electrons go all around the ...
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Stability order of xylenes [duplicate]
M-xylene is the most thermodynamically stable amongst the three isomers due to hyperconjugation. Can we comment on the stability order of the other two forms as well? If yes, what would be the order ...
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Why is chlorine atom in chlorobenzene deactivating the benzene ring when it has M+ effect, which is stronger than I- in other cases?
McMurry says that halogens are deactivating the benzene aromatic ring, but in contrast, -OH group in phenol is (strongly) activating the ring. So I- in halogens is much stronger than I- in -OH group? ...
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Why nitration of aniline carried out after acetylation give ortho and para major products?
I was reading about the meta directing nature of anilinium cations and the answer mentioned that these reactions are usually carried out with 90-98% sulphuric acid. At these concentrations I would ...
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Mechanism of Cu Catalyzed reaction between Benzoic acid with DMF
I'm looking for the mechanism of this reaction that I have stumbled upon. It is believed to be a radical reaction and I can kinda see that but I'm not convinced that I can understand all of the steps, ...
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ease of dehydration [closed]
ease of dehydration for the following alcohols is?
I understand the most easiest would be for III, but shouldn't it be easier for I than for II? because II forms an anti aromatic compound?
But the ...
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I left scented candles in a polypropylene container. How do I remove the smell?
I left scented candles in a polypropylene container, for many weeks.
How do I remove the smell?
I've tried:
Hand wash with Dish Soap (a few times)
Hand wipe with Isopropyl Alcohol (a few times)
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Why is o used for hydroxy groups in IUPAC naming instead of saying 2-hydroxy [closed]
For this question, i marked compound II correct as 2-methylbenzaldehyde and got the question correct, but for compound I, i marked it wrong and suggested the name to be 2-hydroxybenzaldehyde. I got ...
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1-Bromo-4-tert-butylbenzene reaction with NaNH2 [closed]
I'm struggling to grasp how the reaction would turn out. Could you help?
My idea was that the bromide atom will get replaced by the amino group of $\ce{NaNH2}$, but when I google, I read that $\ce{...
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