Nitrating Acetanilide And Methyl Benzoate: Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
ABSTRACT:
The electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction is the attack of a benzene ring on an electrophilic species resulting in the substitution of a proton with a functional group. The electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction nitration is used to nitrate methyl benzoate and acetanilide with a nitronium ion. Crystallization was used to purify the product. The melting point was used to determine its purity and the regiochemistry of the products. The methyl benzoate reaction product, methyl nitrobenzoate, was determined to be meta-substituted and the acetanilide reaction product, nitroacetanilide, was determined to be para-substituted.
INTRODUCTION:
An electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction is the attack of an electrophile on an aromatic ring substituting for a proton. This reaction allows for the introduction of other functional groups onto the aromatic ring. The electrophile attacks the aromatic ring at the aliphatic position removing two electrons......
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