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why electrophiles do not react with benzyne ?

 


why electrophiles do not react with benzyne ?


 


 

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Ramesh V
70 Points
14 years ago

An electrophilic substitution reaction on benzene does not always result in monosubstitution. While electrophilic substituents usually withdraw electrons from the aromatic ring and thus deactivate it against further reaction, a sufficiently strong electrophile can perform a second or even a third substitution. This is especially the case with the use of catalysts.

benzene doesnt react by addition : It would destroy aromatic stabilisation

Aromatic compounds react by substitution reactions.

These preserve the stability of aromatic sextet ( i.e., overall it remains aromatic )

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Ramesh

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