Organic Chemistry

7th Edition

ISBN: 9780321803221

Author: Paula Y. Bruice

Publisher: Prentice Hall

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Chapter 20.5, Problem 8P

Explain why cyclopentadiene (pK_a = 15) is more acidic than pyrrole (pK_a - 17), even though nitrogen is more electronegative than carbon.

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Ch. 20.1 - Name the following:Ch. 20.2 - Prob. 2P Ch. 20.2 - Prob. 3P Ch. 20.3 - Draw the product of each of the following...Ch. 20.5 - Prob. 6P Ch. 20.5 - When pyrrole is added to a dilute solution of...Ch. 20.5 - Explain why cyclopentadiene (pKa = 15) is more...Ch. 20.6 - Prob. 10P Ch. 20.6 - How to the mechanisms of the following reactions...Ch. 20.6 - Prob. 12P

Ch. 20.6 - Rank the following compounds from easiest to...Ch. 20.7 - Prob. 14P Ch. 20.7 - Prob. 15P Ch. 20.7 - Prob. 16P Ch. 20.7 - Prob. 17P Ch. 20.7 - Prob. 18P Ch. 20.7 - Prob. 19P Ch. 20.7 - Prob. 20P Ch. 20 - Name the following:Ch. 20 - Prob. 22P Ch. 20 - Prob. 23P Ch. 20 - Which of the following compounds is easier to...Ch. 20 - Rank the following compounds from most reactive to...Ch. 20 - One of the following compounds undergoes...Ch. 20 - Benzene undergoes electrophilic aromatic...Ch. 20 - The dipole moments of furan and tetrahydrofuran...Ch. 20 - Prob. 29P Ch. 20 - Prob. 30P Ch. 20 - The chemical shifts of the C-2 hydrogen in the...Ch. 20 - Explain why protonating aniline has a dramatic...Ch. 20 - Prob. 33P Ch. 20 - Propose a mechanism for the following reaction:Ch. 20 - Prob. 35P Ch. 20 - Propose a mechanism for the following reactions:Ch. 20 - Prob. 37P Ch. 20 - a. Draw resonance contributors to show why...Ch. 20 - Prob. 39P Ch. 20 - Pyrrole reacts with excess...Ch. 20 - Prob. 41P Ch. 20 - Prob. 42P Ch. 20 - Organic chemists work with tetraphenylporphyrins...

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Explain why cyclopentadiene (p K a = 15) is more acidic than pyrrole (p K a - 17), even though nitrogen is more electronegative than carbon.

Solution Summary: The author explains why cyclopentadiene is more acidic than pyrrole because on losing a hydrogen ion, compound changes into stable aromatic compound.

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