Cyclohexanone Chlorination

[Moka11]

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For Chlorination of a Cyclohexanone: Being that the carbonyl group is electron withdrawing doesnt that make the Chloride add to the meta carbon?
(In the roadmap its Ortho under acidic conditions.)

 

[KyoPhan]

The ortho/meta/para directing group only applies to aromatic rings; and you shouldn't see a C=O in an aromatic ring.

 

[Moka11]

The ortho/meta/para directing group only applies to aromatic rings; and you shouldn't see a C=O in an aromatic ring.

O man my bad, thanks. I think what I was seeing was Alpha Halogenation.

 

[Imazergling]

The ortho/meta/para directing group only applies to aromatic rings; and you shouldn't see a C=O in an aromatic ring.

yes. PREACH