Today, my chemistry teacher gave the following organic conversion as homework: benzene to 1-bromo-3-iodobenzene.
I tried something like:
I am not sure about it, can someone review my conversion (as I have got an exam tomorrow)?
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Sign up to join this communityToday, my chemistry teacher gave the following organic conversion as homework: benzene to 1-bromo-3-iodobenzene.
I tried something like:
I am not sure about it, can someone review my conversion (as I have got an exam tomorrow)?
It looks pretty good overall. The order of substitution is correct to achieve the required pattern but there are two points I would pick up on.
The diazonium salt is drawn incorrectly since it is ionic in nature. There is a triple bond between the nitrogens and a formal positive charge on the middle nitrogen, although in reality the charge is delocalised over both atoms: