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MarcL
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Hey,
I didn't understand too much ( when reading my textbook) why benzene undergoes polyhalogenation when it contains a strong activator ( i.e: NH2) and reacted with bromine and FeBr3 as a catalyst.
I was thinking because of the fact that there is a carbocation in every resonance structure at the ortho/para location, however, that would only give me 3 different product in a reaction, no? because the carbocation only occurs one place at the time ( I mean , the reaction either gives one resonance structure or the other, no?)
Thanks for the help!
I didn't understand too much ( when reading my textbook) why benzene undergoes polyhalogenation when it contains a strong activator ( i.e: NH2) and reacted with bromine and FeBr3 as a catalyst.
I was thinking because of the fact that there is a carbocation in every resonance structure at the ortho/para location, however, that would only give me 3 different product in a reaction, no? because the carbocation only occurs one place at the time ( I mean , the reaction either gives one resonance structure or the other, no?)
Thanks for the help!