Resonance benzene derivatives

Let us illustrate this with the example of the bromination of monosubstituted benzene derivatives. Observations on the product distributions and relative reaction rates compared with unsubstituted benzene led chemists to conceive the notion of inductive and resonance effects that made it possible to explain" the experimental observations. On an even more quantitative basis, linear free energy relationships of the form of the Hammett equation allowed the estimation of relative rates. It has to be emphasized that inductive and resonance effects were conceived, not from theoretical calculations, but as constructs to order observations. The explanation" is built on analogy, not on any theoretical method. 

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Nmr is a most valuable technique for stmeture determination in thiophene chemistry, especially because spectral interpretation is much easier in the thiophene series compared to benzene derivatives. Chemical shifts in proton nmr are well documented for thiophene (CDCl ), 6 = 7.12, 7.34, 7.34, and 7.12 ppm. Coupling constants occur in well-defined ranges J2-3 = 4.9-5.8 ... 

The reduction of the C— Br and C—1 group moments from 1.10 and 0.90 in bromo- and iodo-benzene to about 0.80 and 0.50 in 2-bromo- and 2-iodo-thiophene has been ascribed to the larger weight of resonance forms such as (8) and (9) in the thiophene series. The chlorine, nuclear, quadrupole, resonance frequencies of chloro-substituted thiophenes are much higher than those of the corresponding benzene derivatives. This has been ascribed to a relayed inductive effect originating in the polarity of the C—S o-bond in thiophenes. The refractive indices, densities, and surface tension of thiophene, alkyl- and halo-thiophenes, and of some other derivatives have been... 

M n Part II we spend a lot of time and pages on aromatic systems, starting with benzene. You examine benzene s structure, its resonance stabilization, and its stability. Next you study benzene derivatives and heterocyclic aromatic compounds, and then we address the spectroscopy of these aromatic compounds. And in Chapters 7 and 8 we introduce you to aromatic substitution by both electrophiles and nucleophiles, and you get to see a lot of reactions and a lot of examples. In this part you also start working with many more named reactions. 

In aromatic compounds the effect of a functional group on retention may be enhanced or diminished by resonance. As illustrate in Fig. 4 the curves for monofunctional benzene derivatives exhibit a mo e or less parallel slope on the plot of log k against log eluent composition whereas the multifunctional derivatives, e.g., nitroanilines, cholestenotie, show distinctly different slopes. This demonstrates how difficult the prediction of retention behavior in adsorption chromatography is. The greater the deviation of the structure from the simple model compounds used for establishing the rules, the more difficult the prediction becomes. 

Protonated HCN (8) is resonance-stabilized, shows only limited imidocarbocation character and reacts only with activated benzene derivatives but not with benzene. 

The partial rate factors af and /3f for the a- and /3-positions of thiophene have been calculated for a wide range of electrophilic reactions these have been tabulated (71 AHC(13)235, 72IJS(C)(7)6l). Some side-chain reactions in which resonance-stabilized car-benium ions are formed in the transition states have also been included in this study. A correspondence between solvolytic reactivity and reactivity in electrophilic aromatic substitution is expected because of the similar electron-deficiency developed in the aromatic system in the two types of reactions. The plot of log a or log /3f against the p-values of the respective reaction determined for benzene derivatives, under the same reaction conditions, has shown a linear relationship. Only two major deviations are observed mercuration and protodemercuration. This is understandable since the mechanism of these two reactions might differ in the thiophene series from the benzene case. 

Exercise 22-7 Establish the structures of the following benzene derivatives on the basis of their empirical formulas and nmr spectra shown in Figure 22-6. Remember that equivalent protons normally do not split each other s resonances, a. C8H10 b. C8H7OCI c. C9FI10O2 d. C9hl12... 

Abbreviations arene, i/6-benzene or substituted benzene derivative bipy, 2,2 -bipyridyl Bu, Bu", Bu, iso-, n-, or rerf-butyl COD, 1,5-cyclo-octadiene Cp, /5-C5H5 DAD, dimethyl-acetylene dicarboxylate dam, 1,2-bis(diphenylarsino)methane DBA, dibenzylideneacetone DMF, A. A -dimethylformamide dpe, l,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane dpen, os-l,2-bis(di-phenylphosphino)ethylene dpm, 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)methane ESR, electron spin resonance F6-acac, hexafluoroacetylacetone FN, fumaronitrile MA, maleic anhydride Me, methyl MLCT, metal ligand charge transfer phen, 1,10-phenanthroline Pr , Pr", iso- or n-propyl py, pyridine RT, room temperature TCNE, tetracyanoethylene tetraphos, (Ph2PCH2CH2)jP THF, tctrahydrofuran Xylyl, 2,6-Me2C6H3. 

The inductive parameter, aL, is the same in both the meta and para positions the resonance parameter, aR, is, of course, appreciably different in the two positions the inductive reaction constant is pv This three-parameter equation was employed to calculate reaction types of meta- and para-substituted benzene derivatives. It was shown that free radical processes yielded different values, and a common set of resonance parameters was not possible. The conclusion is, of course, identical to that of van Bekkum and his co-workers (1959). The utility of a unique set of resonance parameters for electrophilic reactions is obscured by the inclusion of both electrophilic side-chain and electrophilic substitution reactions in a single series. 

Only little has been reported on second-order hyperpolarizabilities yin two-di-mensionally conjugated molecules. Planar systems as e.g. phthalocyanines have been studied for two photon absorption which is proportional to the imaginary part of the nonlinearity y. For planar molecules with a three-fold symmetry, the importance of charge transfer from the periphery to the center of the molecule in order to realize large nonlinearities ywas reported [65]. Off-resonant DFWM experiments revealed promising third-order nonlinearities in two-dimensional phenylethynyl substituted benzene derivatives [66]. Recently, the advantage of two-dimensional conjugation to increase the values of the first-order hyperpolarizability p has also been pointed out [67-69]. 

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Nmr is a most valuable technique for structure determination in thiophene chemistry, especially because spectral interpretation is much easier in the thiophene series compared to benzene derivatives. Chemical shifts in proton nmr are well documented for thiophene (CDC13), 6 = H2 7.12, H3 7.34, H4 7.34, and H5 7.12 ppm. Coupling constants occur in well-defined ranges J2 3 = 4.9-5.8 J3 4 = 3.45-4.35 J2 4 = 1.25-1.7 and J2 5 = 3.2-3.65 Hz. The technique can be used quantitatively by comparison with standard spectra of materials of known purity. 13C-nmr spectroscopy of thiophene and thiophene derivatives is also a valuable technique that shows well-defined patterns of spectra. 13C chemical shifts for thiophene, from tetramethylsilane (TMS), are C2 127.6, C3 125.9, C4 125.9, and C5 127.6 ppm. 

As mentioned in Section 12.1, the term aromatic was originally applied to substituted benzene derivatives because they have more pleasant odors than do many other organic compounds. To a modern organic chemist, however, an aromatic compound is one that is especially stable because of resonance, one that has an especially large resonance energy. 

In the 13C NMR spectra of benzene derivatives, apart from the .Jar, only the meta coupling (3Jcu, but not 2Jqh) is usually resolved. A benzenoid CH, from whose perspective the meta positions are substituted, usually appears as a Jqh doublet without additional splitting, e.g. in the case of 3,4-dime thoxy-p-methyl-p-nitrostyrene (9, Fig. 2.9) the carbon atom C-5 generates a doublet at 8C = 111.5 in contrast to C-2 at 8C = 113.5 which additionally splits into a triplet. The use of CH coup-ling constants as criteria for assigning a resonance to a specific position is illustrated by this ex-ample. 

The mechanism of Friedel-Crafts acylation (shown next) resembles that for alkylation, except that the electrophile is a resonance-stabilized acylium ion. The acylium ion reacts with benzene or an activated benzene derivative via an electrophilic aromatic substitution to form an acylbenzene. 

The results of the investigations on the ozonization of benzene and benzene derivatives, such as o-xylene, are in agreement with the equivalence of the bonds, and these form, therefore, a chemical proof of the resonance conception of aromatic molecules (Levene, and especially Wibaut and his co-workers see also p. 262). Wibaut and Haayman found in the ozonization of o-xylene that the products of the reaction dimethylglyoxal, methylglyoxal and glyoxal are in the ratio 1 2 3, which is in agreement with expectation if it is as-... 

As noted above, the first definition of "aromaticity" was in terms of substitution rather than addition. This is certainly true for many benzene derivatives. However, it must be used with some care since thiophene is by most criteria about as "aromatic" as benzene, but when treated with chlorine or bromine it gives an addition product. The latter is, however, the kinetically controlled product, for when heated or treated with base it loses hydrogen halide and gives the 2-halothiophene.20 Compounds such as anthracene and phenanthrene, which are recognized as having considerable resonance stabilization, also undergo addition reactions. 

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