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1.3 Aromatic Compounds
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contain benzene (C6H6)
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electrons that form double bonds are shared over the entire molecule
has 6 identical bonds (halfway between a single and double bond)
very stable
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when a benzene ring has only 2 branches, the prefixes –ortho, –meta, and –para are
sometimes used instead of numbers
1,2-dimethylbenzene
______dimethylbenzene
1,3-dimethylbenzene
________dimethylbenzene
1,4-dimethylbenzene
_______dimethylbenzene
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Sometime the benzene ring is not the main chain.
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When this occurs, the benzene ring branch is known as _____________________
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Ex) Draw the following aromatic structures:
a) 1-chloro-2-methylbenzene
b) 3-phenylbut-1-ene
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