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Tufts University Chem 52 Summer 2013

Lecture 7 (Chapter 14, Aromatic Compounds, Part I)
Tue, July 16
Lecture 7 will cover sections 14.1-14.8. (Sections 14.9-14.11 will be covered in Lecture 8). It is
recommended that you read Chapter 14 and eventually do all of the in-text review problems:
14.1-14.15. After-chapter problems that are good: 14.16-14.28, 14.30-14.39.

Recitation 7 Problems
14.16












14.17 Write structural formulas and give acceptable names for all representatives of the following:
a) tribromobenzenes b) nitroanilines c) isomers of C
6
H
5
-C
4
H
9




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14.18 Which of the following molecules and ions would you expect to be aromatic?









14.24a) Cyclooctatetrene C
8
H
8
adds two electrons when treated with potassium metal and forms a stable
ionic compound K
2
C
8
H
8
. On the other hand, benzene C
6
H
6
does not react with potassium metal. Explain
this.










14.26