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Offline Jesciens

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Make a molecule out of toluene
« on: August 18, 2024, 01:43:35 PM »
I don't understand which reaction mechanisms and chemical elements you have to use to form the second molecule.
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Offline Babcock_Hall

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Re: Make a molecule out of toluene
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2024, 01:47:09 PM »
It is easier to work backward from the product, one step at a time.  Which reactions have you learned so far?
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Re: Make a molecule out of toluene
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2024, 01:56:04 PM »
I learned Friedel-Crafts alkylation, Grignard reagent and the Sandmeyer reactions. But I don't really understand how you form 2 benzene ring structures from 1 ring.
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Re: Make a molecule out of toluene
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2024, 04:42:02 PM »
You can split up a sample of toluene into two smaller portions and do different chemistry with each portion.
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Re: Make a molecule out of toluene
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2024, 07:10:05 PM »
Its a little confusing doing different things with the two toluene portions, it seems wrong. You have to draw the middle step product to make sense of this?
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