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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Carbonyl compounds do not undergo nucleophillc substitution reactions.why?


Nucleaphilic substitution reactions, at the minimum H-(hydride) ion from aldehydes and -CH3 from ketones needs to be withdrawn. These are strong nucleophiles, and can not be displaced by other nucleophiles, therefore, carbonyl compounds can not undergo nucleophilic substitution reactions.

Only aldehydes, methyl ketones and cyclic ketones react wilh sodium bisulphite.explain why?


Due to the larger size at sulphite ion, it can attack only those carbonyl compounds. where, there is lesser sterie hinderance, that's  why, it reacts with only aldehydes, methyl ketones and cyclic ketones.

Why does benzene undergoes substitution reaction instead of addition reaction?


Benzene nucleus present in all the aromatic hydrocarbons is very stable; it gives a number of substitution reactions but resists addition reactions. Benzene also fails to give tests for unsaturation i.e. it does not decolourise alkaline KMnO4 and bromine water.    
Benzene gives electrophilic substitution due to It is due to the following reasons:    
(2) Due to the presence of π-electron cloud above and below the plane of carbon atoms of the benzene ring.
(2) Benzene ring acts as a source of electrons for electrophilic reagents.  
(3) In electrophilic substitution aromatic character of benzene ring is preserved due to resonance stabilisation. The formation of formation of addition product will destroyed the aromatic ring structure of benzene and therefore addition takes place with very difficulty. On the above explanation we can say that electrophilic substitution reactions are feature of benzene ring.

Friday, January 24, 2020

What is fries rearrangment acylation ?

Conversion of phenolic esters of aliphatic and aromatic carboxylic acids into ortho- and para-acylphenols in the presence of FCR catalyst (AlCl3). Is know as Fries rearrangement.

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What is difference between Houben–Hoesch acylation reaction and Gatter- mann–Koch formylation reaction? 

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What is difference between Houben–Hoesch acylation reaction and Gatter- mann–Koch formylation reaction?

Houben–Hoesch reaction ia an analogous reaction  of Gatter-mann–Koch reaction, it is sometimes called the Hoesch reaction.
Houben–Hoesch reaction:

Hoesch reaction is basically FACT acylation of aromatic compounds with nitriles and HCl.
Gatter-mann–Koch reaction:
Gatter-mann–Koch reaction is formulation of benzene ring in the presence of CO and HCl.

How write mechanism of exhaustive methyl and Hoffmann elimination of ethanamine?


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What is mechanism of exhaustive methylation and Hoffmann elimination of piperidine a secondary amine?

This reaction can be used to determine the structure of amines especially in complex molecules such as alkaloids.
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Explain Exhaustive alkylation and Hoffmann Elimination.

Then reaction of amines with excess of alkyl halides to form a quaternary ammonium salt is known as exhaustive alkylation and if the alkyl group is methyl, then it is known as exhaustive methylation .
The exhaustive methylation of amine followed by treatment with moist silver oxide (AgO + O2--> AgOH) and subsequent heating to form alkene is known as Hoffmann elimination.

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Thursday, January 23, 2020

How to write Bechmann rearrangment mechanism involved formation of oxime of cyclohexane and transformation into cyclic amide caprolactam?

This reaction proceed through formation of of oxime cyclohexane by Nucleophilic Addition reaction and followed by Bechmann rearrangment to form desired product Caprolactam , the whole Mechanism given as.

Saturday, January 11, 2020

How to write dehydration and ring expansion mechanism of 1-(1-cyclopentyl) methanol?

How to write dehydration and ring expansion mechanism of Tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol?

How to write dehydration and ring expansion mechanism of 2-cyclopentylethanol?

Friday, January 10, 2020

Why do not Friedel-Crafts reactions succeed on aromatic rings that are substituted either by a strongly electron-withdrawing group such as carbonyl (C=O) or by an amino group (-NH2, NHR, -NR2):


We Know that acyl groups or any electron withdrawing group present at ring which deactivating as result further substitution does not take place

While in case of Aniline or its derivatives, the Friedel Craft reaction occurs in the presence of aluminium chloride which is Lewis acidic and the Aniline is a strong base. Therefore, when aniline is reacted with aluminium chloride in Friedel-Craft’s reaction, formation of salt takes place. On which the presence of positive charge on nitrogen deactivates the benzene ring towards electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions. Therefore, aniline does not undergo Friedel-Craft’s reaction


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Why does not aniline undergo Friedel crafts reactions explain?


We know that the Friedel Craft reaction occurs in the presence of aluminium chloride which is Lewis acidic and the Aniline is a strong base. Therefore, when aniline is reacted with aluminium chloride in Friedel-Craft’s reaction, formation of salt takes place. The  salt formation take place as:


The presence of positive charge on nitrogen deactivates the benzene ring towards electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions. Therefore, aniline does not undergo Friedel-Craft’s reaction.

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Why Friedel–Crafts alkylations often give polysubstitution products but Friedel–Crafts acylations do not.



Alkyls groups are electron donating hence activating benzene ring for further alkylation as result polysubstituted product is obtained. While acyl groups are electron withdrawing and ring deactivating as result further substitution does not take place

Write the Dehydration and ring expansion mechanism of following alcohol:



This reaction proceed via carbocation  intermediate  formation and ring expansion in which  a molecule of water is lost in presence of concentrate Sulphuric acid. The initially formed primary carbocation rearranges to more stable secondary carbocation which results in ring expansion.


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Explain Dehydration and ring expansion mechanism of 1-(1-Methylcyclopentyl)ethan-ol?
Explain the ring expansion mechanism of Bicyclic 1,2-Diols which undergoes pinacol pinacolone mechanism?
Write Dehydration and ring expansion mechanism of 1-cyclobutylethanol in the presence of con H2SO4.