Pertaining to relative amounts of products formed in the below reaction of tolue

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Pertaining to relative amounts of products formed in the below reaction of toluene and 1-chlorobenzene

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In decreasing order: p-sec-butyltoluene, o-sec-butyl-toluene, p-butyltoluene and o-butyltoluene? Sterics is a factor in addition to carbocation stability, I would just like the know which has priority. Para before ortho seems sensible as the functional groups are spaced out but I've seen examples of nitration which depict ortho substitution forming in greater abundance.

Explanation / Answer

1) yes, your answer is right since primary alkyl halide like n-butyl halide on reaction with Alcl3 lose its chloro group and from carbocation which is less stable undergoes rearrangement to give secondary carbocation which was highly stable.

2) Major percentage of products Para/ ortho butyl toluene. In this Para sec butyl toluene was dominant than ortho sec butyl toluene since steric effect.

3) p-butyl toluene and O-butyl toluene are the meager products in this reaction

So, the order of formation of products

P-Sec butyl toluene > O- sec butyl toluene > P- butyl toluene > O -Butyl touene

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