Question
predict the bromination rates of the following aromatic compounds: Chlorobenzene, methoxybenzene, Nitrobenzene, Benzene and Toluene
Answers
Dr Russ
What is the intermediate in the bromination (an electrophylic substitution reactions)?
What functional groups will stabilise the intermediate? You have two effects, inductive effects and conjugation, to consider.
What functional groups will stabilise the intermediate? You have two effects, inductive effects and conjugation, to consider.