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History of Benzene. 1824 - 1825 Isolated from burnt whale oil by Michael Faraday 1834 Eilhardt Mitscherlich finds benzene has formula of C 6 H 6. History of Benzene. 1824 - 1825 Isolated from burnt whale oil by Michael Faraday 1834 Eilhardt Mitscherlich finds benzene has formula of C 6 H 6
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1824 - 1825 Isolated from burnt whale oil by Michael Faraday 1834 Eilhardt Mitscherlich finds benzene has formula of C6H6 History of Benzene
1824 - 1825 Isolated from burnt whale oil by Michael Faraday 1834 Eilhardt Mitscherlich finds benzene has formula of C6H6 1861 Josef Loschmidt proposes structure for benzoic acid and aniline History of Benzene
1824 - 1825 Isolated from burnt whale oil by Michael Faraday 1834 Eilhardt Mitscherlich finds benzene has formula of C6H6 1861 Josef Loschmidt proposes structure for benzoic acid and aniline History of Benzene
1865 Friedrich August Kekulé steps into the picture History of Benzene
1865 Kekulé has a dream History of Benzene
1865 Kekule has a dream 1865 Kekule invokes sausage diagrams Bulletin de la Société Chimique de France, 3, 98 (1865) History of Benzene
1865 Kekule has a dream 1865 Kekule invokes sausage diagrams Bulletin de la Société Chimique de France, 3, 98 (1865) 1866 Kekule introduces ring model for benzene History of Benzene +
1865 Kekule has a dream 1865 Kekule invokes sausage diagrams Bulletin de la Société Chimique de France, 3, 98 (1865) 1866 Kekule introduces ring model for benzene History of Benzene +
Hückel’s Rules for aromaticity 1. 2 3. 4.
Hückel’s Rules for aromaticity Aromaticity vs. antiaromaticity
Hückel’s Rules for aromaticity Aromaticity vs. antiaromaticity Why 4n + 2 for aromatic and 4n for antiaromatic? Frost’s cycle
1. methoxycyclobutadiene • Aromatic • Antiaromatic • Neither
2. tropyllium • Aromatic • Antiaromatic • Neither
3. pyrrole • Aromatic • Antiaromatic • Neither
4. imidazole • Aromatic • Antiaromatic • Neither
5. 14-annulene • Aromatic • Antiaromatic • Neither
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6. 12-Annulene • Aromatic • Antiaromatic • Neither
Inside: d – 0.5 ppm Outside: d 6.9 – 7.3 ppm
CHE 311 Starts Here Section 9.6
Reactivity of BenzeneElectrophilic Aromatic Substitution The Mechanism
Reactivity of BenzeneElectrophilic Aromatic Substitution The electrophiles 1. Cl+ 2. Br+ 3. I+ 4. “F+” 5. NO2+ 6. SO3H+ 7. R+ (carbocation) 8. R-C O+
Reactivity of BenzeneSubstituent Group Effects on Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Activators and deactivators
Reactivity of BenzeneSubstituent Group Effects on Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
Reactivity of BenzeneSubstituent Group Effects on Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Directing Group Effects
Activation energy vs. substituent for EAS Y, directing effect
Aromatic Biomolecules • Amino acids • Nucleic acids