Question

Draw the structure of the expected major organic product if this compound was to undergo monobromination with br2/febr3.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Bromine comes in handy with reactivity of organic compounds such as alkenes and arenes( aromatic hydrocarbon). In arenes , it is an electrophilic substitutional reaction where bromine becomes the electrophile to form a substituted aromatic ring. The use of bromine in monobromination (i.e substitution of one bromine atom) is due to the higher electronegative effect in bromine which makes it to be a strong electrophile.

In the diagram; the left hand side shows the arene compound and the right hand side shows the major product after it has undergo monobromination with Br₂/FeBr₃.