Organic Chemistry

Lecture 15: Benzenes as Nucleophiles II

Objectives and Skills

KEY INFORMATION SUMMARY

PROBLEMS

Problem 15.1: Reaction Coordinate Diagrams
  1. Draw a mechanism and reaction coordinate diagram to describe the reaction below. SOLUTION
  2. Explain why the major product is favoured. SOLUTION
If you made some mistakes or want to practice more, review the concepts that gave you trouble and work on this extra problem. If you're good, move to the problem below ;)

Problem 15.2: Reactivity
  1. Fill in the missing pieces to complete the transformations below. SOLUTION
  1. Propose a reasonable synthesis of each of the following molecules from benzene. SOLUTION
  1. Find the error(s) in the two-step synthesis below. Propose a corrected synthesis. SOLUTION
If you made some mistakes or want to practice more, review the concepts that gave you trouble and work on this extra problem. If you're good, move to the next lecture!! ;) 
 

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