Transcript: Reaction_mechanisms_of_benzene_20250625_112712.html

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  {
    "slide": 1,
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        "fragment_index": 1,
        "text_description": "Why Benzene Keeps Its Ring",
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      },
      {
        "fragment_index": 2,
        "text_description": "Aromaticity",
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      },
      {
        "fragment_index": 3,
        "text_description": "Aromaticity arises when six π-electrons delocalise around benzene’s planar ring, lowering its energy. Addition reactions disrupt this aromatic cloud, costing large stabilisation energy, so benzene usually chooses substitution instead.",
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      {
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        "text_description": "Recall: substitution swaps a hydrogen yet preserves the stable π ring you just reviewed.",
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      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "slide": 2,
    "fragments": [
      {
        "fragment_index": 1,
        "text_description": "Meet the Electrophile",
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      },
      {
        "fragment_index": 2,
        "text_description": "Electrophile (E⁺)",
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      },
      {
        "fragment_index": 3,
        "text_description": "An electrophile is an electron-deficient species that accepts a π-electron pair from benzene during electrophilic aromatic substitution.",
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      },
      {
        "fragment_index": 4,
        "text_description": "Lewis acids such as AlCl₃ or concentrated H₂SO₄ generate a stronger E⁺, powerful enough to attack the stable benzene ring.",
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      }
    ]
  },
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    "slide": 3,
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        "text_description": "Step 1: Generate NO₂⁺\nNitration example\nConcentrated \\( \\mathrm{H_2SO_4} \\) protonates \\( \\mathrm{HNO_3} \\). This acid–base step forms \\( \\mathrm{H_2NO_3^+} \\). Loss of water then yields the nitronium ion \\( \\mathrm{NO_2^+} \\), ready for benzene nitration.\nFollow each curved arrow to see mixed acids create the electrophile you must recognize—NO₂⁺.",
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      }
    ]
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  {
    "slide": 4,
    "fragments": [
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        "text_description": "Step 2: Form the Sigma Complex\nCarbocation in disguise\nThe electrophile \\( \\text{NO}_2^+ \\) grabs one π electron pair, giving a non-aromatic σ-complex. Resonance shifts the positive charge across three ring carbons, restoring partial stability. Sketch these three arenium ion forms to master their delocalization.\nGoal: locate and label all three positively charged carbons.",
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    ]
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    "slide": 5,
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        "text_description": "Step 3: Aromaticity Restored\nDeprotonation\nA base, typically the bisulfate ion, removes the adjacent H⁺. The freed electron pair flows into the ring, regaining aromaticity and completing substitution to nitrobenzene.\nLoss of H⁺ is the final move that lets the ring regain aromatic stability.",
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    ]
  },
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    "slide": 6,
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        "text_description": "Other EAS Reactions—Same Movie\nElectrophile Generation\nHalogenation, sulfonation, and Friedel-Crafts reactions follow the identical four-step electrophilic aromatic substitution script. First, the catalyst converts the reagent into a powerful electrophile. Then benzene attacks, the σ-complex resonates, and H⁺ departs, restoring aromaticity. Your task: pair each catalyst–reagent set with the electrophile it produces.\nMatch them: Br₂/FeBr₃, SO₃/H₂SO₄, RCl or RCOCl/AlCl₃ — which E⁺ forms?",
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    ]
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  {
    "slide": 7,
    "fragments": [
      {
        "fragment_index": 1,
        "text_description": "Spot-Check Your Understanding",
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      },
      {
        "fragment_index": 2,
        "text_description": "Correct Order of EAS Steps",
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      {
        "fragment_index": 3,
        "text_description": "Choose the correct sequence of electrophilic aromatic substitution (EAS) steps.",
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      {
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        "text_description": "A) Electrophile generation → Sigma complex formation → Deprotonation\nB) Sigma complex formation → Electrophile generation → Deprotonation\nC) Electrophile generation → Deprotonation → Sigma complex formation\nD) Deprotonation → Sigma complex formation → Electrophile generation\nTip: The sigma complex appears only after the ring donates π-electrons to the electrophile.",
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      }
    ]
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