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Predict the major product from the following reaction:

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C)   
D)   
E)   F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

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Provide the major organic product(s) of the reaction shown below.

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Provide a detailed, stepwise mechanism for the following reactions.

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Question 4

Provide the major organic product(s) of the reaction shown below.

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Question 5

Provide the structure of the major mononitration product(s) of the compound below.

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Question 6

Provide the major organic product(s) when benzene is treated with the following sequence of reagents: 1. Br2, FeBr3 2. CH3COCl, AlCl3.

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Question 7

In electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions, a -NHCOCH3 substituent on the aromatic ring is ________.

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A)   a deactivator and a m-director
B)   a deactivator and an o,p-director
C)   an activator and a m-director
D)   an activator and an o,p-director
E)   none of the aboveF) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 8

In the bromination of benzene using Br2 and FeBr3, is the intermediate carbocation aromatic? Explain.

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Question 9

Provide the structure of the major organic product of the following reaction.

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Question 10

Provide a series of synthetic steps by which 4-phenylheptan-4-ol can be prepared from benzene.

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Question 11

Provide the structure of the major organic product in the following reaction.

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Question 12

When o-fluorotoluene is treated with sodium amide, the product is ________.

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A)   only o-toluidine
B)   only m-toluidine
C)   only p-toluidine
D)   a mixture of o- and p-toluidine
E)   a mixture of o- and m-toluidine.F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 13

In electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions, a -CO2H substituent on the aromatic ring is ________.

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A)   a deactivator and a m-director
B)   a deactivator and an o,p-director
C)   an activator and a m-director
D)   an activator and an o,p-director
E)   none of the aboveF) A) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 14

Draw the two major resonance structures of the acylium ion which results when butanoyl chloride  
is treated with AlCl3.

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Question 15

Provide the structure of the major mononitration product of the compound below.

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Question 16

Which of the following compounds is least reactive in the nucleophilic aromatic substitution reaction with NaOH?

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A)   2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene
B)   m-nitrochlorobenzene
C)   o-nitrochlorobenzene
D)   p-nitrochlorobenzene
E)   3,5-dinitrochlorobenzeneF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 17

Provide the major organic product(s) when benzene is treated with the following sequence of reagents: 1. Br2, FeBr3 2. HNO3, H2SO4.

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Question 18

Which of the following compounds will undergo Friedel-Crafts alkylation with (CH3) 3CCl, AlCl3 most rapidly?

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A)   toluene
B)   iodobenzene
C)   acetophenone
D)   benzenesulfonic acid
E)   cyanobenzeneF) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 19

Provide a series of synthetic steps by which p-methylanisole can be prepared from p-cresol.

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1) NaOH
2)...

Question 20

Use resonance structures to explain why the substituent shown below is an activating group.

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Exam 17: Reactions of Aromatic Compounds

Provide the structure of the major organic product in the following reaction.

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Provide the structure of the major mononitration product(s) of the compound below.

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Which of the following compounds is least reactive in the nucleophilic aromatic substitution reaction with NaOH?

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Predict the major product from the following reaction:

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Provide a series of synthetic steps by which p-methylanisole can be prepared from p-cresol.

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In electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions, a -NHCOCH3 substituent on the aromatic ring is ________.

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Draw the two major resonance structures of the acylium ion which results when butanoyl chloride is treated with AlCl3.

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Use resonance structures to explain why the substituent shown below is an activating group.

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Provide a detailed, stepwise mechanism for the following reactions.

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Provide the structure of the major mononitration product of the compound below.

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Which of the following compounds will undergo Friedel-Crafts alkylation with (CH3) 3CCl, AlCl3 most rapidly?

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Provide the major organic product(s) when benzene is treated with the following sequence of reagents: 1. Br2, FeBr3 2. CH3COCl, AlCl3.

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In electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions, a -CO2H substituent on the aromatic ring is ________.

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Provide the major organic product(s) when benzene is treated with the following sequence of reagents: 1. Br2, FeBr3 2. HNO3, H2SO4.

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Provide the major organic product(s) of the reaction shown below.

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When o-fluorotoluene is treated with sodium amide, the product is ________.

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In the bromination of benzene using Br2 and FeBr3, is the intermediate carbocation aromatic? Explain.

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Provide the structure of the major organic product of the following reaction.

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Provide the major organic product(s) of the reaction shown below.

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Provide a series of synthetic steps by which 4-phenylheptan-4-ol can be prepared from benzene.

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In electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions, a -NHCOCH₃ substituent on the aromatic ring is ________.

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Draw the two major resonance structures of the acylium ion which results when butanoyl chloride is treated with AlCl₃.

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Which of the following compounds will undergo Friedel-Crafts alkylation with (CH₃) ₃CCl, AlCl₃ most rapidly?

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Provide the major organic product(s) when benzene is treated with the following sequence of reagents: 1. Br₂, FeBr₃ 2. CH₃COCl, AlCl₃.

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In electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions, a -CO₂H substituent on the aromatic ring is ________.

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Provide the major organic product(s) when benzene is treated with the following sequence of reagents: 1. Br₂, FeBr₃2. HNO₃, H₂SO₄.

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In the bromination of benzene using Br₂ and FeBr₃, is the intermediate carbocation aromatic? Explain.

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