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Aromatic Compounds
Rules for naming aromatics
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Organic Chemistry
Undergraduate 1
02/02/2015

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Term
Benzyne with a single methyl group
Definition
Toluene
Term
Benzene with a single ethyl group
Definition
Ethylbenzene
Term
Benzene with an amine functional group
Definition
Aniline
Term
Benzene with a hydroxyl group
Definition
Phenol
Term
Benzene as a substituent group
Definition

Phenyl

eg: H3C-CH-CH=CH2

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Benzene group

3 Phenyl-1-butene

Term
1, 2 arrangement prefix for 2 substituent groups on a benzene
Definition
o, ortho
Term
1, 3 arrangement prefix for 2 substituent groups on a benzene
Definition
m, meta
Term
1, 4 arrangement prefix for 2 substituent groups on a benzene
Definition
p, para
Term
Name used for isomers of dimethylbenzene
Definition

Xylene

eg: Benzene ring with methyl at 1, 2 carbons:

1, 2-Dimethylbenzene-o-xylene

Term
Substituents that name carbon one on a benzene ring with a common name (phenol, toluene, aniline)
Definition
Methyl, hydroxyl, anime group
Term
Halogenation of a benzene
Definition

Benzene + Cl2 (Br2)

Catalyst: FeCl3

Result: Halogen replaces one of the H, HCl is formed

Term
Nitration of a Benzene
Definition

Equation:  Benzene + HNO3

Catalyst: H2SO4 (sulfuric acid)

Result:  Nitrobenzene + water

NO2 replaces a hydrogen group, H2O released

Term
Sulfonation of a benzene
Definition

Reaction:  Benzene + SO3

Catalyst: H2SO4 (Sulfuric Acid)

Result: 2 benzesulfonic acid

SO3H replaces a carbon

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