Major Product

What's the Major Product in the below reaction ??

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Pritish Chakraborty ·

Extreme conditions? It could be benzyne susbtitution.

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govind ·

The product will be meta methyl Phenol in very extreme conditions..
Temperature > 623K and
Pressure > 300atm

39
Pritish Chakraborty ·

Yes...it's Dow's process then :)

4
UTTARA ·

@Pritish : #2 Yes it is Benzyne Mechanism

#4 Dow's Process is something different i guess ??

4
UTTARA ·

@Govind Yes ur ans is correct

But can u show the mechanism ??

I mean the stability part

Y is m - cabanion more stable ??

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Pritish Chakraborty ·

Uttara isi ko Dow's process kehte hain it follows benzyne mechanism. Only difference here is that there is a methyl group also.
Stability of m-carbanion is to do with inductive effect. Ortho position being closer feels the full brunt of methyl group's inductive effect...+R effects are not considered in benzyne mechanism.

4
UTTARA ·

@Pritish : Thanks

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