Organic Chemistry (6th Edition)
Organic Chemistry (6th Edition)
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ISBN: 9781260119107
Author: Janice Gorzynski Smith
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education
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Chapter 16.4, Problem 4P
Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation: The stepwise mechanism for the sulfonation of alkyl benzene is to be drawn.

Concept introduction: Sulphonation of benzene introduce SO3H group on an aromatic ring. It is an electrophilic substitution reaction.

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