Academic Integrity: tutoring, explanations, and feedback — we don’t complete graded work or submit on a student’s behalf.

the questions are dealing withe the preparation of 4-Bromo-2-chloroacetanilide,

ID: 496957 • Letter: T

Question

the questions are dealing withe the preparation of 4-Bromo-2-chloroacetanilide, what is the answer to questions 1 and 2?


lake sure the windows are open, then collect the precipitate by vacuum 10 tration washing it with plenty of distilled water. The of the crude product should be about 11 grams 11. yield per crude product from methanol using to 7 mL of methanol gram of the crude product. The melting point of the pure 4-bromo-2- chloroacetanilide QUESTIONS: a reason why 4-bromo 2-chloroacetanilide is the major product rather than 4-bromo-3-chloroacetanilide 2. Define the term in situ.

Explanation / Answer

1. In the chlorination of 4-bromoacetanilide, anilide NHCOCH3 grouop is ortho, para activating group.

So the approaching electrophile comes to the ortho posiiton which is more reactive site and electron-rich end.

2. in situ term is used for when the system is in stable standing state and the process occurs away from any other agent addition or substraction in to it.