Practice Electrophilic Substitution (9.6.7) - Amines

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Question 1.
What are the main products formed from the bromination of aniline?
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Think of the positions where substitutions occur.
Question 2.
Why does aniline not undergo Friedel-Crafts reaction?
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Consider the nature of the reaction environment.
3Question 3.
What defines the electrophilic substitution reaction?
- A nucleophile attacks a nucleophile
- An electrophile attacks an aromatic compound
- A base neutralizes an acid
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Remember the role of electrophiles.
4Question 4.
True or False: Amine groups are deactivating groups in Friedel-Crafts reactions.
- True
- False
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Think about how the cation behaves in these reactions.
Question 5.
Illustrate the full mechanism of bromination of aniline, including resonance forms leading to the final product.
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Make sure to identify major and minor products based on regioselectivity.
Question 6.
Propose a series of reactions to synthesize a specific azo dye starting from aniline.
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Think of the overall connectivity of the synthetic pathway.

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