For # 141 in orgo, why is there a hydride shift? I understand the mechanism, but I don't understand WHY. Is it because when you add 3 or more carbons in a linear fashion, you get rearrangement?
With the hydride shift you get a tertiary carbocation meaning a more stable intermediate. That's what you get t-butylbenzene instead of isobutylbenzene
I understand that. But is what I said true? About having rearrangement with 3 or more carbons. I read it somewhere, just forget where. Im pretty sure it was in Destroyer.
I understand that. But is what I said true? About having rearrangement with 3 or more carbons. I read it somewhere, just forget where. Im pretty sure it was in Destroyer.
AlCl3 picks up the halogen from the alkyl halide,which creates a carbocation, and if it can rearrange to get more stable, it will. I think this is the Friedel Crafts alkylation.
AlCl3 picks up the halogen from the alkyl halide,which creates a carbocation, and if it can rearrange to get more stable, it will. I think this is the Friedel Crafts alkylation.
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