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- what would a detailed step-by-step mechanism be for a reaction between bromine and trans-stilbene if the solvent, ethanol, is a stronger nucleophile than the bromide ions?We used biphenyl instead of benzene for Friedel-Crafts alkylation. What would you predict the major product would be if we had used benzene instead? Why?Discuss the limitations of the Friedel craft alkalylation reaction.
- Explain why attempts to use esters for Friedel-Crafts acylation always lead to a complex mixture of alkylated and acylated products.What is the chemical composition of the nitrating mixture? Why does the incoming nitro group go para and not ortho?Predict the structure of the product expected from addition of molecular bromine to maleic acid.