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Comparing acidic strengths between benzylammonium ion and phenol
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Compare the acidic stengths between benzylammonium ion and phenol.
I first tried to remove the H+ ion from both of them and tried to compare the relative stabilities of resulting conjugate ...
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Is there a way to convert aniline to phenol without diazotizing it?
I am a high school student and while reading about reactions on amines, I was trying to figure out a way to convert aniline $(\ce{C6H5NH2})$ to phenol $(\ce{C6H5OH})$ without diazotizing it with ...
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Why does the -OH group in β-naphthol direct the incoming diazonium salt towards the ortho position? [duplicate]
In the following reactions, the major product W is
I was doing this question which asks me the product of a diazotisation coupling reaction between diazonium chloride and β-naphthol. I know that the ...
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Diazo Coupling reaction with para-substituted phenol?
Usually Diazo coupling occurs at para-position unless the para-position is occupied, in which case coupling occurs at ortho-position.
While solving questions I found in both the cases as shown, the ...
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Out of the given reagents, find the ones to be used to convert benzene to p-aminophenol
$\ce{Br2/FeBr3}$
$\ce{CH3Cl/AlCl3}$
$\ce{KMnO4}$
$\ce{HNO3/H2SO4}$
$\ce{NBS}$/hv
$\ce{NaOH}$
$\ce{Sn/HCl}$
$\ce{NH4SH}$
$\ce{NaBH4}$
I'm able to get the amino group onto the ring by using 4 and 7.
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Strong activation of phenoxide ion compared to others
I was told that in phenoxide ion, benzene ring is very strongly activated. The order my teacher told me was phenol < amine < $2^\circ$-amine < $3^\circ$-amine < phenoxide (for activation ...
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Why is phenol more acidic than aniline?
I find that there are two contradicting factors at play here:
1) On removing proton, negative charge on oxygen is more stable than it is on nitrogen (because of greater electronegativity of oxygen). ...
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Nomenclature of benzene derivatives with two functional groups
In several places, I have seen that while naming benzene derivatives, no priority for substituents is followed. For example, I've seen both 2-hydroxyaniline and 2-aminophenol being used.
Is there an ...
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