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The bromination of carbon monoxide follows this equation: CO + Br 2 ⇌ COBr 2. But the process is slow at room temperature. Increasing temperature, in order to increase the reaction rate, results in a further shift of the chemical equilibrium towards the educts (since Δ R H < 0 and Δ R S < 0). [3] [4] [clarification needed]
Carbon monoxide is an industrial gas that has many applications in bulk chemicals manufacturing. [71] Large quantities of aldehydes are produced by the hydroformylation reaction of alkenes, carbon monoxide, and H 2. Hydroformylation is coupled to the Shell higher olefin process to give precursors to detergents.
For example, consider radical bromination of toluene: [5] bromination of toluene with hydrobromic acid and hydrogen peroxide in water. This reaction takes place on water instead of an organic solvent and the bromine is obtained from oxidation of hydrobromic acid with hydrogen peroxide. An incandescent light bulb suffices to radicalize.
The sulfonation with fuming sulfuric acid gives benzenesulfonic acid. Aromatic halogenation with bromine, chlorine, or iodine gives the corresponding aryl halides. This reaction is typically catalyzed by the corresponding iron or aluminum trihalide. The Friedel–Crafts reaction can be performed either as an acylation or as an alkylation.
Bromotoluenes are aryl bromides based on toluene in which at least one aromatic hydrogen atom is replaced with a bromine atom. They have the general formula C 7 H 8– n Br n , where n = 1–5 is the number of bromine atoms.
The Gattermann–Koch reaction, named after the German chemists Ludwig Gattermann and Julius Arnold Koch, [7] is a variant of the Gattermann reaction in which carbon monoxide (CO) is used instead of hydrogen cyanide. [8] Unlike the Gattermann reaction, this reaction is not applicable to phenol and phenol ether substrates. [5]
Benzyl bromide is used in organic synthesis for the introduction of the benzyl groups when the less expensive benzyl chloride is insufficiently reactive. [6] [7] Benzylations are often achieved in the presence of catalytic amounts of sodium iodide, which generates the more reactive benzyl iodide in situ. [3]
The reaction mechanism for chlorination of benzene is the same as bromination of benzene. Iron(III) bromide and iron(III) chloride become inactivated if they react with water, including moisture in the air. Therefore, they are generated by adding iron filings to bromine or chlorine. Here is the mechanism of this reaction: