[miaou5]

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My question: would structure 2 be a feasible resonance structure of structure 1? I had structure 1 in my question set and had no idea what to do w/ it. Would it even have resonance structures?

Thanks so much!

[Dan]

http://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/08/27/common-mistakes-pentavalent-carbon/

[antimatter101]

Did you no that aromatic cations are produced in aromatic substitution reactions? You can search that up on google.

One example is the reaction of chlorine, with AlCl₃ catalyst, with benzene. The catalyst causes the chlorine molecule to split up into Cl^- and Cl⁺ ions. The Cl⁺ ion attacks the nucleophilic aromatic ring, causing a carbocation to form and bonding to a random carbon atom. But because the ring wants to retain aromaticity a positive hydrogen ion is lost, and the final product is hydrochloric acid and chlorobenzene.

Also substituted components on aromatic rings can have effects on the degree of substitution. The three forms are ortho, meta, and para. You should search them up.