Organic Chemistry
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781118875766
Author: T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig B. Fryhle, Scott A. Snyder
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 15, Problem 6PP
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Using resonance theory, the chemical behavior hydroxyl group of phenol as an activating and ortho-para director is to be explained.
Concept introduction:
Resonance theory is an idea to explain the bonding in a molecule having delocalized electrons that results in the formation of many resonance structures that collectively constitute a resonance hybrid.
These resonance structures do not represent the structure of a real compound as they keep on resonating.
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