C16: Aromatic Compounds Flashcards
benzene carbon-carbon bonds are _____ than typical C-C bonds, and ____ than typical ______
shorter
longer
C=C
bonds of a benzene ring are ______
all the same length
1.397 Angstroms
aromatic compounds are _____ containing some number of ____ bonds and having an unusually large ____
cyclic
conjugated double
resonance energy
cyclohexene + KMnO4 –>??
benzene + KMnO4 —>??
cis diol (gylcol) no reaction
cyclohexene + Br2 in CCl4 –>??
benzene + Br2 in CCL4 —>??
trans 1,2 bromocyclohexane
no reaction *** however adding FeBr3 catalyst will give bromocyclohexene
cyclohexene + H2, Pt –>??
benzene + H2, Pt —>??
cyclohexane
no reaction *** however adding heat and pressure will give cyclohexane
resonance energy
the difference between predicted and experimental energies
benzene resonance energy
-208 (151 kJ lower than predicted)
annulenes
cyclic hydrocarbons with alternating single and double bonds
cyclobutadiene
benzene
cyclooctatetraene
cyclodecapentaene
[4]annulene
[6]annulene
[8]annulene
[10]annulene
benzene first MO
donut, no nodes
benzene pi2 ___ pi3, both are ____ (bonding or antibonding)
pi2
pi3
= , bonding
vertical node splits in half
horizontal node splits in half
benzene pi4 ___ pi5, both are ____ (bonding or antibonding)
pi4
pi5
=, anti-bonding
vertical and horizontal nodes cut into quarters
diagonal x nodes
benzene pi5 ___ pi6
=/=
all antibonding
3 crisscrossing nodes
cyclobutadiene pi1___pi2
pi1
pi2
=/=
all bonding
vertical node, split in half
cyclobutadiene pi2___pi3
pi2
pi3
=
vertical node, split in half
horizontal node, split in half
both non-binding
cyclobutadiene pi3___pi4
pi3
pi4
=/=
horizontal node, split in half
horizontal and vertical node, split in quarters
aromatic compounds: 1 2 3 4
1 structure is cyclic containing some # conjugated pi bonds
2 each atom in ring must have unhybridized p orbital
3 unhybridized p orbital must overlap/structure must be planar
4 delocalization of pi electron over entire ring must lower electronic energy
anti-aromatic compound:
meets one of three criteria of aromatic
benzene
cyclobutadiene
cyclohexa-1,3-diene
aromatic
antiaromatic
nonaromatic
Huckel’s Rule: to qualify as a aromatic or antiaromatic a ____ compound must have a ______ of _____ p orbitals usually in a ____ conformation
cyclic
continuous ring of overlapping
planar
Huckels Rule:
[1] How many pi electrons in the cyclic system?
= to 4N+2 –> ???
= to 4N –> ???
aromatic
antiaromatic
cyclooctatetraene
aromatic, anti-aromatic, nonaromatic, why?
nonaromatic, not planar