EAS: Any Carbocation Mechanism
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EAS: Any Carbocation Mechanism
4 problems
1PRACTICE PROBLEM
I. What are the products of the electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction of benzene and the given epoxide in the presence of a Lewis acid such as AlCl3?
II. Do you think aziridines will react similarly?
2PRACTICE PROBLEM
Thymolphthalein is an acid-base indicator that is colorless below pH 9.3 and blue above pH 10.5. The synthesis of thymolphthalein involves the reaction of pthalic anhydride with two equivalents of thymol (2-isopropyl-5-methylphenol) in an acidic medium.
Write a mechanism for the reaction.
3PRACTICE PROBLEM
Identify the major product of the reaction:
4PRACTICE PROBLEM
Suggest a reaction mechanism for the following transformation:
