13.8 Accomplish the following conversions:
(i) Nitrobenzene to benzoic acid
(ii) Benzene to m-bromophenol
(iii) Benzoic acid to aniline
(iv) Aniline to 2,4,6-tribromofluorobenzene
(v) Benzyl chloride to 2-phenylethanamine
(vi) Chlorobenzene to p-chloroaniline
(vii) Aniline to p-bromoaniline
(viii) Benzamide to toluene
(ix) Aniline to benzyl alcohol.
(i)
When nitrobenzene undergoes a reduction reaction, then -NO2 group gets reduced into -NH2 , and aniline is formed as a product.
In the next step, aniline undergoes a diazotization reaction with NaNO2 , and HCl and benzene diazonium chloride is obtained as a product. Then benzene diazonium chloride reacts with CuCN/KCN and benzonitrile is obtained as a product.
In the last step, hydrolysis of -CN group takes place, and benzoic acid is obtained as a product.
The reactions is as follows:
(ii)
When benzene undergoes a nitration reaction then nitrobenzene is obtained as a product. NO2 group is an electron-withdrawing group hence meta directing. Hence, when nitrobenzene reacts with bromine then bromination occurs in the meta position.
In the next step, the reduction of -NO2 group by Sn/HCl takes place and m-bromoaniline is obtained as a product. In the next step, the Aniline derivative is converted into diazonium salt by reacting with NaNO2 and HCl at low temperatures.
Then diazonium salt reacts with H2SO4 and m-bromophenol is obtained as a product.
The reactions are as follows:
(iii)
In the first reaction, benzoic acid reacts with SOCl2 and a nucleophilic substitution reaction takes place. The -OH group from
benzoic acid is replaced by a Cl atom. In the next step, Benzoyl chloride reacts with ammonia, and an amide is formed as a product.
Then amide undergoes a Hoffmann bromamide reaction and aniline is obtained as a product. In this reaction, amide reacts with NaOH and Br2.
The reactions are as follows:
(iv)
In the first step, aniline reacts with bromine water, and bromination occurs in all ortho and para positions.
In the next step, the diazotization reaction occurs when 2,4,6-tribromoaniline reacts with NaNO2/HCl at a low temperature.
Then benzene diazonium chloride was heated with HBF4 and 2,4,6-tribromofluorobenzene.
The reaction is as follows:
(v)
When benzyl chloride reacts with ethanolic NaCN then nucleophilic substitution reaction occurs and phenylethanenitrile is obtained as a product.
In the next step, the reduction of the CN group takes place by using H2 and Ni.
The reaction is as follows:
(vi)
When chlorobenzene undergoes nitration then nitration occurs at the para or ortho position. Then in the next step reduction of -NO2 group takes place by using H2 and Pd. The reactions are as follows:
(vii)
In the first reaction, acetylation of -NH2 group takes place, and acetanilide is obtained as a product. In the next step, bromination occurs at the para position. Then in the next step hydrolysis of the amide bond take place and p-bromoaniline is obtained as a product.
The reactions are as follows:
(viii)
The first reaction is an example of the Hoffmann bromamide reaction. Amide reacts with Br2 and NaOH, and aniline is obtained as a product. In the next step, aniline reacts with NaNO2 and HCl at low temperature, and benzene diazonium chloride is obtained as a product.
In the next step, benzene diazonium chloride reacts with H3PO2 , and benzene is obtained as a product.
In the last step, benzene reacts with methyl chloride in the presence of Lewis acid, and toluene is obtained as a product. The reaction is an example of electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction.
The reactions are as follows:
(ix)
In the first reaction, aniline undergoes a diazotization reaction with NaNO2 and HCl at low temperature and benzene diazonium chloride is obtained as a product. In the next step, benzene diazonium chloride reacts with CuCN/KCN, and benzonitrile is obtained as a product.
Then hydrolysis of CN group takes place in the acidic medium and benzoic acid is obtained as a product.
In the last step, the reduction of the COOH group takes place and benzyl alcohol is obtained as a product. The reagent used for this reaction is LiAlH4 followed by water.