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Phenol and FeCl3....equation?

mahmud_2000

hey can anyone tell me the equation of C6H5OH and FeCl3

Reply 1

Wangers

The carrier regenerates, you need cl2 and the mechanism is standard electrophillic aromatic substitution.

Reply 2

hunibuni

Sorry to interrupt someone elses thread but where do I find the mechanism for a standard elecrophilic aromatic substitution. I also wondered, can anyone explain to me the mechanism at the site below for Jones reagent oxidising alcohols?

acpcommunity.acp.edu/Facultystaff/hass/oc2web/lab/exp/qa/class/jones.pdf

Thanks!

Reply 3

Wangers

Don't get too bogged down in the mechanism, it basiclly is analogous to Potassium dichromate. In this case - Yellow/orange to green.

remember the other standard tests

2,4DNP - orange ppt for aldehydes and ketones
Tollens (Ammononical silver nitrate) - silver mirror - Aldehydes

Im desperatelt trying to keep sharp - havent done this for months.

Reply 4

vVPiKaVv

Sorry to bump this thread, but doesn't the reaction between phenols and FeCl3 involve a complex ion formation in which 6 phenol molecules combine with a Fe 3+ ion?