Why are the starting materials (Triphenyl Phosphine and Benzyl Chloride) soluble in xylene but the product (phosphonium salt) is not soluble in xylene?

Q: Why an anhydride is less reactive than an acyl chloride?

A: The reactivity of acyl chloride and acid anhydride occurs due to the electrophilicity of carbonyl…

Q: Why is only one amide obtained from the reaction of acetyl chloride with an equivalent of…

A: When acetyl chloride reacts with amine then amine act as nucleophile and attacks on carbonyl carbon…

Q: I have questions about p-nitroaniline:  Why we are not starting from aniline but from acetanilide…

A: Reference: Self Introduction: Amino group shows very high reactivity towards a wide variety of…

Q: Why aryl bromide is a bad starting material for an electrophilic aromatic substitution? What is…

A: For electrophilic aromatic substitution ,the phenyl ring should be electronically enriched as…

Q: Draw the structure of methoxybenzene and explain which product will be formed as a result of the…

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Q: Why the reaction of phenol and ICl does not yield 4-chlorophenol but 4-iodophenol only?

A: Generally, phenol is acidic due to the presence of partial positive charge on O atom due to…

Q: Why does phenol or aniline react with benzene diazonium chloride during a coupling reaction, but…

A: It can be easily explain by  with help of mechanism. In case of phenol and aniline the benzene ring…

Q: What mechanism does the reaction between benzyl chloride and triphenylphosphine go by?

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Q: Draw the structure of benzoic acid and explain which product will be formed as a result of the…

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Q: We used biphenyl instead of benzene for Friedel-Crafts alkylation. What would you predict the major…

A: A Friedel-Crafts reaction is an organic coupling reaction involving an electrophilic aromatic…

Q: Define the Reaction of Organometallic Reagents with Other Compounds ?

A: The compounds containing bond between carbon and a metal are termed as organometallic compound.

Q: Give Reasons for the following:   Aniline does not undergo Friedel-Crafts reaction. þ methylaniline…

A: (1)  Aniline does not undergo Friedel-Crafts reaction.A Friedel-Crafts reaction is carried out in…

Q: Explain why quick formation of a white precipitate upon treating a compound with saturated sodium…

A: Reactant primary alkyl chloride or primary alkyl bromide Reagent saturated sodium iodide in acetone…

Q: If a large excess of the nitrating reagent is added, does the product produced contain one nitro…

A: Given: Excess of Nitrating mixture To find: Product will have one nitro group or more than one nitro…

Q: Why is pyridine added to the following reaction?

A: Pyridine is added to the reaction to catalyse the reaction by removing the HCl. The mechanism will…

Q: Beginning with the correct organic halide and benzophenone show how one would prepare…

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Q: What compounds would be best for coupling reaction with Arene Diazonium salts? Why is that?

A: Arendiazonium salts are the compounds having the general formula ArN2+X- where Ar stands for the…

Q: a)Which compound/s will produce an orange precipitate upon reaction with 2,4-DNPH? (b)Which…

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Q: Which method or methods can you use to obtain pure ethanol from ethanol-water mixture and to obtain…

A: i) To obtain pure ethanol from the ethanol-water mixture. ii) To obtain limonene from the lemon.

Q: In the first step of the reaction, the Grignard reagent was formed by adding a solution of…

A: A. When bromobenzene is treated with Mg metal in presence of dry and oxygen free ether then phenyl…

Q: In the bromination of toluene, why is the reaction faster when using acetic acid as the solvent…

A: Bromination of toluene occurs by aromatic electrophilic substitution reaction.

Q: why it is not a good idea to use dichloromethane as a solvent in Grignard reactions.

A: Reason for not using dichloromethane as a solvent in Grignard reactions.

Q: Discuss all the principles that can be used to facilitate acylation reactions. b) Why do aldehydes…

A: (a) Answer - According to the question - Given - Acylation is the process of adding an acyl group…

Q: why is acetic acid added after homogenization in extraction and isolation

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Q: f 1-phenylazo-2-naphthol (or Sudan I), phenyldiazonium reacts with β-naphthol. Draw the resonance…

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Q: Why is methyl m-nitrobenzoate formed in this reaction instead of the ortho or para isomers?

A: Why is methyl m-nitrobenzoate formed in this reaction instead of the ortho or para isomers:

Q: Draw the benzoic acid structure and explain which products will be formed as a result of the…

A: Benzoic acid is an aromatic compound (carboxyl group attached to benzene ring) and aromatic…

Q: Why must the alkyl halide product be dried carefully with anhydrous sodium sulfate before the…

A: Given:-  Nucleophilic substitution reaction:                         The reaction of electron pair…

Q: How can you obtain iodoethane from ethanol when no other iodine containing reagent except NaI is…

A: Ethanol reacts with hydrogen chloride in presence of zinc chloride to give ethyl chloride.  Further,…

Q: 4. Why is it unwise to begin addition of the solution of carbonyl compound to the Grignard reagent…

A: Organic reactions are the chemical reactions in which certain organic compounds involve in chemical…

Q: Which solvent would be the best choice (DMF, methanol, or acetic acid) to carry out the nucleophilic…

A: There are different types of nucleophilic substitution reaction-  1- SN1 reaction 2- SN2 reaction

Q: Explain Aromaticity in Anthracene, Phenanthrene, furan and naphthalene?

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Q: H )=C- maleic anhydride (dienophile) anthracene (adduct) (diene)

A: In Anthracene  less aromatic position is more reactive for Diels-Alder reaction. The above…

Q: Why are the cyanates and sulfonates not as toxic as the other compounds of cyanide?

A: Cyanide is the CN-particle, and as a harm it is generally controlled as one of the three mixtures…

Q: Fill in the blanks A primary arylamine treated with nitrous acid is converted to a arenediazonium…

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Q: 13. Explain why 92% of 2,4-pentanedione exist as enol in hexane but only 15% of this compound exist…

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Q: What products would form from a reaction between Potassium tert-butoxide in THF and the following…

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Q: Explain the Reaction of Organometallic Reagents with Epoxides ?

A: Organometallic reagents are those reagents that have a bond between the carbon atom and the metal.…

Q: Fill in the blanks: A primary arylamine treated with nitrous acid is converted to a arenediazonium…

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Q: Why can aniline not be brominated directly to 4-bromoaniline?

A: In aniline, -NH2 group is both para and ortho directing group due to resonance effect. Since, the…

Q: Why was it necessary to wash alkene with a solution of aqueous base?

A: In chemistry, washing is the process of removing undesirable compounds from the mixture by using a…

Q: If phthalic anhydride is converted into phthalic acid how it will be again converted into anhydride…

A: How phthalic acid  will be again converted into anhydride form has to be given,

Q: In the Janovsky reaction, explain why the meta-dinitrobenzene acts as an electrophile. What is the…

A: In Janovsky reaction, aldehydes and ketones with α-methylene groups react with m-dinitrobenzene in…

Q: Why is it important to maintain equivalent proportions of reagents in adol condensation reaction of…

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Q: aromatic benzene ring but failed to produce a fragrant yellow solution upon subjecting it to the…

A: Now when benzene undergo nitration ( NO2+) is an electrophile which gets attached to the benzene…

Q: Explain why a 0.4 M solution of maleic anhydride is made in xylene and not in water. Show the…

A: Applying concept of nucleophilic addition elimination of anhydride.