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Draw the full displayed formula of the Kekule structure of benzene, showing all atoms and using double bonds and single bonds.
Important Questions on Benzene and its Compounds
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Draw the skeletal formulae for the Kekule and canonical structure.
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Benzene reacts with bromine. Write a balanced chemical equation for this reaction.
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Benzene reacts with bromine. Name the catalyst used.
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Benzene reacts with bromine. Describe the visual observations you could make during the reaction.
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Benzene reacts with bromine. Benzene will also react with halogenoalkanes. This is called a Friedel-Crafts reaction. Using -chloropropane, write the formula of the catalyst needed to start the reaction with benzene.
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AS and A Level
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Benzene reacts with bromine. Benzene will also react with halogenoalkanes. This is called a Friedel-Crafts reaction. Write the formula of the electrophile in the Friedel-Crafts reaction of -chloropropane with benzene.
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AS and A Level
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Benzene reacts with bromine. Benzene will also react with halogenoalkanes. This is called a Friedel-Crafts reaction. Name the organic product of this reaction.
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There are three steps in the mechanism of this Friedel-Crafts reaction. Draw the three steps in the mechanism to show the formation of the electrophile, the attack on the benzene ring by the electrophile and the formation of the products of the reaction (to include the regeneration of the catalyst).
