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Offline saint_john

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HELP !!! - Substituted Benzene reaction
« on: October 13, 2010, 12:33:10 AM »
Can someone explain what is occuring in this reaction

What substituent causes one of the products to be meta to the methyl ??

this is the reaction :

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/7666/94764015.jpg

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Re: HELP !!! - Substituted Benzene reaction
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2010, 01:37:50 AM »
Hint:benzyne intermediate.


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