What happens when:
Benzene is treated with n-propyl chloride in the presence of anhydrous AlCl3.
How is benzene converted to nitrobenzene? Give mechanism.
Mechanism: Different steps involved in the mechanism are:
(i) Generation of nitronium ion (electrophile):
(ii) Formation of carbocation: The electrophile attacks the benzene ring to form an intermediate carbocation which is resonance stabilised. It is a slow step.
The resonance hybrid of the above resonating structures can be represented as,
(iii) Proton transfer from the carbocation to yield nitrobenzene.
How benzene is converted into benzene sulphonic acid? Give its mechanism.
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Explain the mechanism of sulphonation of benzene.
Discuss the mechanism of Friedel Craft’s reaction.
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Discuss the mechanism of Friedel Craft’s alkylation of benzene. Give the mechanism of reaction of benzene within the presence of AlCl3.
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How is benzene converted into aceto-phenone? Name the reaction and discuss the mechanism explaining each step.
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Give the mechanism of acylation of benzene.
Why does benzene undergo electrophilic substitution reactions easily and nucleophilic substitutions with difficulty?