Friedel-Crafts reactions in benzene
Friedel-Crafts reactions allow us to add alkyl and acyl groups to benzene providing a way of adding carbon atoms to
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Electrophilic substitution reactions of benzene
At first sight benzene seems surprisingly unreactive for an unsaturated hydrocarbon. Benzene does not decolourise bromine water when shaken with
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Electrophilic addition in alkenes (3) – reaction with water to form an alcohol
The reaction of an alkene with water to from an alcohol is an example of a hydration reaction. The alkene
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Electrophilic addition in alkenes (2) – the bromine water test
The classic test for an alkene is to shake your sample with orange bromine water, and if the molecule contains
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How do organic reactions actually happen?
Most reactions take place via two or three steps with short-lived, unstable, intermediate ions bridging the steps from reactants to