Nitro group, directing effect

X. If the directing effects of the two groups reinforce each other, the situation is straightforward. In p-nitrotoluene, for example, both the methyl and the nitro group direct further substitution to the same position (ortho to the methyl = meta to the nitro). A single product is thus formed on electrophilic substitution. 

Often the directing effects of substituents reinforce each other Brommation of p mtrotoluene for example takes place at the position that is ortho to the ortho para directing methyl group and meta to the meta directing nitro group... 

Does a nitro group have the same directing effect on nucleophihc aromatic substitution ... 

Treatment of l,2-difluoro-3,5-dinitrobenzene with methoxide leads to a single isomer of fluorodinitroanisole. Obtain the energies of the possible Meisenheimer complexes and predict the structure of the product. Is this outcome consistent with the previously-established directing effect of the nitro group ... 

The position of substitution in disubstituted thiophenes can, in most cases, easily be deduced from the directing effect of each substituent. Thus with a - -M-substituent in the 2-position and a —M-substituent in the 5-position, both substituents direct the entering group to the 3-position as is exemplified by the nitration of methyl 2-bromo-5-thiophenecarboxylate to methyl 2-bromo-3-nitro-5-thio-phenecarboxylate (109) or in the chlororaethylation of methyl 2-methyl-5-thiophenecarboxylate to methyl 2-methyl-3-chloromethyl-5-thiophenecarboxylate (110). °... 

From the standpoint of geometrical considerations, the major difference is in the far greater steric requirements of the nitro group. This could result in either primary or secondary steric effects. Nevertheless, primary steric effects do not seem to be necessarily distinguishable by direct kinetic comparison. A classic example is the puzzling similarity of the activation parameters of 2-chloropyrimidine and 2,6-dinitrochlorobenzene (reaction with piperidine in ethanol), which has been described by Chapman and Rees as fortuitous. However, that nitro groups do cause (retarding) primary steric effects has been neatly shown at peri positions in the reaction with alkoxides (see Section IV,C, l,c). 

In nitrobenzene the nitro group has a large electron affinity, and accordingly draws electrons away from the ring. The resonance effect works in the same direction, and, as a result, all positions have a deficiency of electrons. The meta positions are least affected, and the substitution takes place there with difficulty. In aniline, the inductive effect and the resonance effect oppose each other, but the latter wins out, and very easy o-p substitution takes place. 

Benzoic Acid, C6H5COOH.—The treatment of benzoic acid is the same as for nitrobenzene except for the S values. The results for SQ = 4 and Sc (of the carboxyl group) = 0.8 are given in the last column of Table II it is seen that the carboxyl group, like the nitro group, is meta directing, in agreement with experiment. The calculation, however, indicates a rather too small deactivation of the meta position. This effect appears only in the third decimal place of Cmeta, and is consequently not shown in the table. 

Another example is presented in Eq. 8.5, in which the nitro group is more effective in controlling the direction of addition than the carbonyl group.12... 

Carbanions of a-chloroalkyl phenyl sulfones react with nitrobenzenes to effect direct nucleophilic replacement of hydrogens located ortho and para to the nitro group (Eq. 9.24).38 A very important feature is that VNS of hydrogen usually proceeds faster than conventional SNAr of halogen located in equally activated positions (Eq. 9.25).38 The rule that VNS of... 

In recent years, the emphasis of research has been directed more and more toward utilizing nitro compounds as reactive intermediates in organic synthesis. The activating effect of the nitro group is exploited in carrying out many organic reactions, and its facile transformation into various functional groups has broadened the importance of nitro compounds in the synthesis of complex molecules. 

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