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What is the expected aromatic hydrocarbon reactivity of these compounds and why ? (which is the fastest and which is the slowest and why?) a bromine solution in acetic acid was added to these compound.
Toluene , Acetanilide , Benzhydrol, Anisole, Diphenyl ether
Benzene rings may be joined together (fused) to give larger
polycyclic aromatic compounds. A few examples are drawn below,
together with the approved numbering scheme for substituted
derivatives. The peripheral carbon atoms (numbered in all but the
last three examples) are all bonded to hydrogen atoms. Unlike
benzene, all the C-C bond lengths in these fused ring aromatics are
not the same, and there is some localization of the pi-electrons.
For a discussion of this characteristic in cases of naphthalene and
phenanthrene click on their formulas.
The six benzene rings in coronene are fused in a planar ring;
whereas the six rings in hexahelicene are not joined in a larger
ring, but assume a helical turn, due to the crowding together of
the terminal ring atoms. This helical configuration renders the
hexahelicene molecule chiral, and it has been resolved into stable
enantiomers having specific rotations of 3700