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  2. Mesomeric effect - Wikipedia

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    In chemistry, the mesomeric effect (or resonance effect) is a property of substituents or functional groups in a chemical compound. It is defined as the polarity produced in the molecule by the interaction of two pi bonds or between a pi bond and lone pair of electrons present on an adjacent atom. [ 1 ]

  3. Electrophilic aromatic directing groups - Wikipedia

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    However, another effect that plays a role is the +M effect which adds electron density back into the benzene ring (thus having the opposite effect of the -I effect but by a different mechanism). This is called the mesomeric effect (hence +M) and the result for fluorine is that the +M effect approximately cancels out the -I effect.

  4. Resonance (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    Contributing structures of the carbonate ion. In chemistry, resonance, also called mesomerism, is a way of describing bonding in certain molecules or polyatomic ions by the combination of several contributing structures (or forms, [1] also variously known as resonance structures or canonical structures) into a resonance hybrid (or hybrid structure) in valence bond theory.

  5. Phenyl group - Wikipedia

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    It is often said the resonance stability of phenol makes it a stronger acid than that of aliphatic alcohols such as ethanol (pK a = 10 vs. 16–18). However, a significant contribution is the greater electronegativity of the sp 2 alpha carbon in phenol compared to the sp 3 alpha carbon in aliphatic alcohols.

  6. Hammett equation - Wikipedia

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    This effect is depicted in scheme 3, where, in a para substituted arene 1a, one resonance structure 1b is a quinoid with positive charge on the X substituent, releasing electrons and thus destabilizing the Y substituent. This destabilizing effect is not possible when X has a meta orientation. Scheme 3. Hammett Inductive Mesomeric Effects

  7. Hyperconjugation - Wikipedia

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    A portion of Kistiakowsky's work involved a comparison of other unsaturated compounds in the form of CH 2 =CH(CH 2)n-CH=CH 2 (n=0,1,2). These experiments revealed an important result; when n=0, there is an effect of conjugation to the molecule where the ΔH value is lowered by 3.5 kcal. This is likened to the addition of two alkyl groups into ...

  8. Oxidative coupling of phenols - Wikipedia

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    Vanadium tetrachloride is known to effect one-electron oxidations, which is invoked in this conversion. [2] Oxidative coupling of phenol by VCl 4. Coproducts including vanadium(III) and hydrogen chloride are not shown. Oxidative phenol couplings can occur through either inner sphere or outer sphere processes. In inner sphere processes, the ...

  9. Acid dissociation constant - Wikipedia

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    Other structural factors that influence the magnitude of the acid dissociation constant include inductive effects, mesomeric effects, and hydrogen bonding. Hammett type equations have frequently been applied to the estimation of pK a. [3] [4] The quantitative behaviour of acids and bases in solution can be understood only if their pK a values ...