Benzene is an aromatic
compound with a formula
of C6H6.
It has a cyclic planar
strucuture
Each Carbon has a free electron on its p subshell and
these electrons form a ring of delocalized electrons
above and below the benzene. They are free to
move.
If benzene did have three double
bonds, it would be called
cyclohexa-1,3,5-triene, but this doesn't
actually exist.
Reasons why it does not have
3 double bonds which C6H6 is
meant to have
1. All of its bond lengths are the same
of 140 pm, unlike the length of a
double bond.
2. If it had double bonds, it would have no
delocalized electrons as there would be C=C
bonds where the e-'s would remain.
3. The enthalpy of cyclohexene
(has 1 double bond) is -120 kJ/mol.
If benzene had 3 double bonds,
you would expect its enthalpy to
be 3 times higher of -360 kJ/mol.
But benzene has a bond enthalpy of -208
kJ/mol, so it cannot have double bonds.
Finally, if benzene had 3 double
bonds, it would undergo electrophilic
addition.
But it undergoes electrophilic substitution.
Naming benzene
If a halogen, an alkyl group, or a
nitrate ion (NO2-) is joined to benzene, the
functional group will be the prefix
and benzene is the suffix.
For example, nitrobenzene.
However, if an hydroxyl group (OH), an amine
group (NH2, an acyl group or an alkene is
joined to benzene, phyl- or phenol will be the
prefix and the group willl be suffix.
Two types of
electrophilic
substitution.
Friedel-Crafts
acylation
This is when you add an acyl
group (-C(=O)R-). R is just an
alkyl group.
This has to be done under
reflux and using AlCl3 as a
catalyst
The products are a
phenylketone and
Hydrochloric acid.
Nitration
You just need to add a
nitronium ion to a
benzene ring to
replace a Hydrogen.
To form the nitronium ion,
mix nitric acid with sulfuric
acid.
You will get HSO4-, NH2+
and water.
The sulfuric acid acts as a
catalyst. it reforms by the
following reaction:
H+ + HSO4- makes H2SO4.
This process can be used
to make TNT explosives.
Amines
Naming them is
easy.
If it is primary, secondary or
tertiary amine, alkyl goes at
the front and the suffix is
amine.
If it has more than one functional group,
the prefix goes in alphabetical order
There can also be
quarternary ammonium ions.
Methylamine, propylamine, decylamine,
decylpentylamine etc.
Cationic surfactants are
compounds which are
partially soluble and
insoluble in water.
These are ammonium salts with a long
hydrocarbon chain.
The long chain is insoluble and the
ammonium head is soluble.
This allows them to be
used in detergents to
remove grease
Bases
Amines can act as bases
as they have a lone pair of
e-'s on the Nitrogen
The availability of the lone pair depends
on the alkyl group which pushes it so it is
more available...
... Or the benzene ring which attracts
the lone pair by it e- ring, making it
less available.
Amides
These are basically carboxylic
acids but with the o-H group
replaced at the end by NH2
The amide is always the suffix
and the prefix depends on the
acyl(R-C=O) group.
Nota:
If there are 3 carbon, the prefix would be propan-, if there is four, butan- etc.