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Offline orgostudent

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reaction of ethylbenzene
« on: April 14, 2008, 02:17:13 PM »
I need to draw the structure of this reaction--

Ethylbenzene + Br2 / CCl4


i suspect there is no reaction....am I right?
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Re: reaction of ethylbenzene
« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2008, 11:35:46 PM »
I think your right that there is no rxn. b/c benzenes don't react with Br2 via addition. They react via substitution and you don't have a lewis acid catalyst.
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Re: reaction of ethylbenzene
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2008, 12:07:47 AM »
Br2 is not going to treat benzene's pi bonds like any old alkene pi bond.  Br2 alone will not interrupt aromaticity in benzene.

I believe you are correct as well.
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