How will you obtain monobromobenzene from aniline?
When aniline, dissolved or suspended in cold aqueous mineral acid, is treated with sodium nitrite, a diazonium salt is formed. This diazo salt on treatment with cuprous bromide gives monobromobenzene.
This reaction is named as Sandmeyer's reaction. If benzene diazonium chloride is treated with copper in HBr then the product formed is bromobenzene. This reaction is known as Gattermann reaction.
Aryl halides are extremely less reactive towards nucleophilic substitution. Predict and explain the order of reactivity of the following compounds towards nucleophilic substitution.
Aryl halides are less reactive towards nucleophilic substitution reaction. Presence of electron withdrawing group at ortho and para position increases the stability of intermediates and hence increases the reactivity of aryl halides towards nucleophilic substitution reaction.
Now, more the number of EWG at ortho and para position, higher will be the reactivity of aryl halide. Compound (III) has three EWG so, it is most reactive and compound (I) has only one EWG so, it is least reactive. So, the order of reactivity is (I)<(II)<(III)
tert-Butylbromide reacts with aq. NaOH by $\mathrm{S}_{\mathrm{N}} 1$ mechanism while n -butylbromide reacts by $\mathrm{S}_{\mathrm{N}} 1$ mechanism. Why?
Tert. butyl bromide reacts with aq. NaOH as follows
tert. butyl bromide when treated with aq. NaOH , it forms tert. corbocation which is more stable intermediate. This intermediate is further attacked by ${ }^{-} \mathrm{OH}$ ion. As tert. carbocation is highly stable so tert butylbromide follow $\mathrm{S}_{\mathrm{N}} 1$ mechanism. In case of $n$-nutylbromide, primary carbocation is formed which is least stable so, it does not follow $\mathrm{S}_{\mathrm{N}} 1$ mechanism. Here, stearic hindrance is very less so, it follow $\mathrm{S}_{\mathrm{N}} 2$ mechanism. In $\mathrm{S}_{\mathrm{N}} 2$ mechanism, ${ }^{-} \mathrm{OH}$ will attack from backside and a transition state is formed. The leaving group is then pushed off the eopposite side and the product is formed.
Predict the major product formed when HCl is added to isobutylene, Explain the mechanism involved.
Reaction between the isobutylene added to HCl
Electrophilic addition reaction takes place in accordance with Markownikoff's rule.
We know that $3^{\circ}$ carbocation is more stable than $1^{\circ}$ carbocation because in further step $3^{\circ}$ carbocation is further attacked by $\mathrm{Cl}^{-}$ion.
Discuss the nature of $\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{X}$ bond in the haloarenes.
In haloarenes, carbon of benzene is bonded to halogen. Electronegativity of halogen is more than that of $s p^2$ hybridised carbon of benzene ring. So, $\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{X}$ bond is a polar bond. Apart from this, lone pair of electrons of halogen atom are involved in resonance with benzene ring. So, this $\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{X}$ bond has acquire partial bond character.
This $\mathrm{C}-X$ bond of haloarenes is less polar than $\mathrm{C}-X$ bond of haloalkanes. This is supported by the fact that dipole moment of chlorobenzene ( $\mu=1.69 \mathrm{D}$ ) is little lower than that of $\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{Cl}(\mu=1.83 \mathrm{D})$