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Chapter 16. Reactions of Aromatic Compounds Prepared By : Dr: Ishaq Takruri Philadelphia University Faculty of Pharmacy. Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions. Overall reaction.
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Chapter 16 Reactions of Aromatic Compounds Prepared By : Dr: IshaqTakruri Philadelphia University Faculty of Pharmacy
Electrophilic AromaticSubstitution Reactions • Overall reaction
A General Mechanism for Electro-philic Aromatic Substitution • Different chemistry with alkene
Benzene does not undergo electrophilicaddition, but it undergoes electrophilic aromatic substitution
Halogenation of Benzene • Benzene does not react with • Br2or Cl2 • unless a Lewis acid is present . • (catalytic amount is usually enough)
Examples • Reactivity: F2 > Cl2 > Br2 > I2
F2: too reactive, give mixture of mono- di- and highly substituted products
I2: very unreactive even in the presence of Lewis acid, usually need to add an oxidizing agent (e.g. HNO3, Cu2+, H2O2)
Nitration of Benzene • Electrophile in this case is NO2 (nitronium ion)
Sulfonation of Benzene • Mechanism • Step 1 • Step 2
Step 3 • Step 4
Friedel–Crafts Alkylation • Electrophile in this case is R • R = 2o or 3o • Or (R = 1o)
Note: Not necessary to start with alkyl halide, other possible functional groups can be used to generate a reactive carbocation
Friedel–Crafts Acylation • Acyl group: • Electrophile in this case is R–C≡O (acylium ion)
Acid chlorides (or acyl chlorides) • Can be prepared by
Limitations of Friedel–CraftsReactions • (1) When the carbocation formed from an alkyl halide, alkene, or alcohol can rearrange to one or more carbocations that are more stable, it usually does so, and the major products obtained from the reaction are usually those from the more stable carbocations
(not formed) (How is this Formed?) For example
Reason 1o cation (not stable) 3o cation (more stable)
(2) Friedel–Crafts reactions usually give poor yields when powerful electron-withdrawing groups are present on the aromatic ring or when the ring bears an –NH2, –NHR, or –NR2 group. This applies to both alkylations and acylations These usually give poor yields in Friedel-Crafts reactions
(3) The amino groups, –NH2, –NHR, and –NR2, are changed into powerful electron-withdrawing groups by the Lewis acids used to catalyze Friedel-Crafts reactions Does not undergo a Friedel-Crafts reaction
(4) Aryl and vinylic halides cannot be used as the halide component because they do not form carbocations readily sp2 sp2
Synthetic Applications ofFriedel-Crafts Acylations: The Clemmensen Reduction • Clemmensen ketone reduction
Clemmensen ketone reduction • A very useful reaction for making alkyl benzene that cannot be made via Friedel-Crafts alkylations
Clemmensen ketone reduction • Cannot use Friedel-Crafts alkylation
Rearrangements of carbon chain do not occur in Friedel-Crafts acylations (no rearrangement of the R group)
Substituents Can Affect Boththe Reactivity of the Ring and the Orientation of the Incoming Group • Two questions we would like to address here • Reactivity • Regiochemistry
Reactivity faster or slower than Y = EDG (electron-donating group) or EWG (electron-withdrawing group)
Regiochemistry Statistical mixture of o-, m-, p- products or any preference?
d+ d- Electrophilic reagent Arenium ion A substituted benzene
Z donates electrons Y withdraws electrons The ring is more electron rich and reacts faster with an electrophile The ring is electron poor and reacts more slowly with an electrophile