
AROMATIC COMPOUNDS
Part 7.1 What are they? How do you name them?
Notes on the
Molecular Structure and
Nomenclature -the naming of Aromatic Compounds - Arenes and substituted products
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The structure and naming of aromatic
compounds
Sub-index for this aromatic compound
nomenclature page
Introduction
and then fast
track to naming examples of
Aromatic hydrocarbons (Arenes) * Halogeno-aromatics
Phenols * Aromatic
aldehydes/ketones *
Aromatic carboxylic acids and
derivatives
Aromatic amines
(primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary ammonium salts)
Aromatic amides *
Diazonium salts and azo dyes *
Nitro-aromatics
* Aromatic sulfonic acids
Type
in name QUIZ *
Functional Group Tests *
Summary
of FUNCTIONAL GROUPS
See ALKANES page for comparison with aliphatic
and alicyclic compounds
The shapes
and bond angles of simple molecules - section on bond angles in organic
molecules
How do you name aromatic compounds e.g. arenes -
aromatic hydrocarbons. Examples of displayed formula of aromatic compounds,
graphic formula, molecular formula, skeletal formula, structural formula of
aromatic hydrocarbons (arenes like benzene and methylbenzene), aromatic halides,
phenols, aromatic aldehydes, aromatic ketones, aromatic carboxylic acids and
derivatives, primary aromatic amine, secondary aromatic amines, tertiary
aromatic amines, aromatic amides, diazonium Salts and azo dyes ,
nitro-aromatics, aromatic sulfonic/sulfonic acids . Please note that some 'old' names are quoted in () though their use should
be avoided if possible, however, many are still used - just put one into Google!
However, most names are based on the generic hexagonal
'benzene' ring with modifications to this based on the highest functional group
attached to the ring (i.e. a ring substituent replacing a hydrogen)
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Introduction to
naming aromatic compounds
(a) The naming and structure of
monosubstituted benzene compounds
Above is a brief, pictorial and selected guide, to naming
monosubstituted derivatives of benzene, where just one hydrogen
atom has been substituted for another group.
An arene is a hydrocarbon (C and H only),
either benzene itself, or benzene with one or more alkyl groups
substituted for hydrogen atoms in the hexagonal carbon chain, and can
involve two or more fused rings.
Benzene the 'parent' molecule of all
aromatic benzene compounds including arene hydrocarbons.
Methylbenzene is the next simplest arene
hydrocarbon with a side-chain of one methyl group.
Chlorobenzene, the halogen atom name is in
the prefix, so you can have fluoro, bromo and iodo.
Phenol, the parent molecule of a whole
series of phenols where the OH group is directly attached to the
aromatic ring.
Nitrobenzene, formed by nitration of
benzene, the substituent name is a prefix.
Phenylamine, the parent compound for a
whole series of 'phenylamine' primary aromatic amines, where the amino
group is directly attached to the benzene ring (amine name in suffix).
It can be called aminobenzene, but this prefix name is rarely used.
Benzaldehyde, the simplest aromatic
aldehyde, where the aldehyde group is directly attached to the benzene
ring.
The simplest aromatic ketone is
1-phenylethanone
(acetophenone)
Benzoic acid, the simplest aromatic acid,
behaves in most ways like aliphatic carboxylic acids.
Benzoyl chloride, the simplest aromatic
acid chloride (don't confuse the name with benzyl chloride C6H5CH2Cl).
Benamide, the simplest aromatic amide.
Methyl benzoate, the simplest ester made
from benzoic acid and the alcohol methanol.
Benzenesulfonic acid, the simplest aromatic
sulfonic acid, made by reacting benzene with concentrated sulfuric acid.
(b) The naming and structure of
polysubstituted benzene compounds
We now look at how we name aromatic compounds
of benzene where a 2nd substituent is introduced into the aromatic
ring.
It is usual to assign the possible numbers 1
to 6 for substituents in a clockwise manner based on the highest
ranking group.
e.g. amine outranks chloro, phenol outranks
bromo, carboxylic acid outranks the amino/amine group.
For two substituent groups,
ether the same or different, there are three possible positional
isomers.
1,2-dichlorobenzene, the chlorine atoms
occupy ring positions 1 and 2.
You can have two other positional isomers
1,3-dichlorobenzene and 1,4-dichlorobenzene.
It is NOT 1,6-dichlorobenzene, NOT the lowest
number permutation.
3-hydroxybenzoic acid, -COOH group in
position 1, and the 2nd substituent in position 3.
Therefore two other positional isomers,
2-hydroxybenzoic acid and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid.
You do not say things like 5-hydroxybenzoic
acid or 6-hydroxybenzoic acid, the lowest number must be used.
The top ranking COOH group counts as position
1.
chloro-4-methylbenzene (rather than
methyl-4-chlorobenzene, alphabetical order usually prevails).
The other isomer names will be
chloro-2-methylbenzene and chloro-3-methylbenzene.
Unfortunately, you will find other accepted
alternative names to aromatic compounds, that's the way it is!
You don't always have to count clockwise BUT
you must use the lowest possible substituent number.
When you have 3 or 4 different substituent groups
in the benzene ring, there are many positional isomers, but many are not
too difficult to name.
You don't always have to count clockwise BUT you
must only count in one direction and use the lowest number or
numbers for the substituent positions in the benzene ring.
Just remember to use (i) the lowest substituent
numbers, (ii) alphabetical order of prefixes and (iii) most importantly,
the parent molecule with the highest ranking functional group, which
counts as position 1.
2-amino-5-nitrophenol, parent molecule
phenol, OH occupies position 1 of the carbon ring, 2 is the lowest
number for amine group, 4 is next clockwise for nitro group, note
alphabetical order of prefixes.
It is NOT 6-amino-3-nitrophenol, nor is
2-amino-3-nitrophenol (might be lowest numbers, but you have counted
in two direction).
3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid, parent molecule
benzoic acid, 3, 5 lowest number, nitro lower ranking, so prefix.
2,4,6-tribromophenol, parent molecule
phenol, OH is position 1, obvious 2, 4 and 6 positions for bromine
atoms.
2,4-difluoro-5-methylbenzoic acid, parent
molecule benzoic acid, COOH position 1, next lowest number is 2 for the
first fluorine atom, the 2nd fluorine atom is on C atom 4, finally
methyl group on 5th C atom of ring, note prefixes in alphabetical order.
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Aromatic/aryl Hydrocarbons (Arenes)
The alkyl
substituent part of the name is usually the prefix of the aromatic
compound's name.
 The
simplest aromatic hydrocarbon is benzene,
The structures of benzene on the left
and right are presented in 'old fashioned' Kekule style.
However, benzene is NOT a
triene, so this style ignores the delocalised rings of pi
electrons, and this style will not be used for most of the rest
of the page.
Unfortunately, the Kekule style
is widely used, though in some cases it is justified for multiple
benzene ring systems.
benzene molecular formula C6H6,
skeletal formula
,
structural/displayed formula

ALL bond angles 120o, symmetrical hexagonal ring, planar
molecule
The empirical formula for benzene
is CH
methylbenzene (toluene)
C7H8, C6H5CH3 
, the simplest molecule where an alkyl groups has replaced a hydrogen
atom in the benzene ring.
Both the molecular and empirical
formula of methylbenzene are C7H8
ethylbenzene
C8H10
propylbenzene, C9H12
and isomeric
2-phenylpropane,1-methylethyl)benzene
phenylethene
('styrene'), C8H8,
is usually named as a derivative of ethene, even though it is also
technically an aromatic compound,
the C6H5- aromatic ring
grouping
is called a phenyl group when quoted as a substituent prefix.
So phenylethene is named as a derivative of ethene.
1,2-dimethylbenzene, C8H10,
 ,
1,3-dimethylbenzene
,
and 1,4-dimethylbenzene
, three positional structural isomers of C8H10
(once called ortho,
meta, para-xylene)
1-ethyl-2-methylbenzene, C9H12,
, 
and the two other positional structural isomers
1-ethyl-3-methylbenzene, C9H12,
,
and
1-ethyl-4-methylbenzene, C9H12,
,
1,2-diethylbenzene, C10H14,
,
1,3-diethylbenzene,
1,4-diethylbenzene
1,2-dipropylbenzene
, 1,3-dipropylbenzene
,
and 1,4-dipropylbenzene,
1-methyl-2-propylbenzene, C10H14,
and
the two other
positional structural isomers
1-methyl-3-propylbenzene, C10H14,
and
1-methyl-4-propylbenzene, C10H14,
1-ethyl-4-propylbenzene, C11H16,
4-ethyl-1,2-dimethylbenzene, C10H14,
(uses lower numbers than 1-...-3,4-...)
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Examples of fused ring systems
of arene hydrocarbon compounds - polynuclear aromatic ring compounds
Two aromatic rings that
share a pair of carbon atoms are said to be fused.
These
molecules behave
exactly like benzene in their chemistry i.e. they display the typical
aromaticity of the single ring arenes above in undergoing electrophilic
substitution reactions.
It is usual to display these
aromatic fused ring molecules in the Kekule skeletal formula
style.
naphthalene
(one of three possible resonance structures), C10H8
consists of two fused aromatic rings
anthracene
or C14H10 consists of three fused rings.
Naphthalene and anthracene
are two of the simplest
examples of what are called polynuclear aromatic compounds or in
this specific case polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), also
known as polycyclic arenes or polyaromatic hydrocarbons. They are
molecules which consist of at least two
'benzene' rings 'fused' together. Incidentally the ultimate molecule with
this carbon based aromatic ring system is
graphene
(essentially an individual layer of
graphite!)
Both naphthalene and
anthracene are correctly shown in Kekule
style skeletal formula here (principal IUPAC accepted style),
though some textbooks consider drawing molecules like naphthalene in the
following style ...
and are considered as incorrect
representations because, although both rings involve delocalised pi electron systems,
and,
they are both merged into a continuous delocalised pi electron system, this
style of diagram implies two
separate delocalised ring systems, which is incorrect.
In
fact, there are equivalent to five C=C bonds in naphthalene,
contributing to the overlap in forming the pi electron system -
delocalisation. The hexagons are not perfect,
there are four slightly different bond lengths in naphthalene
0.143, 0.136, 0.142 and 0.141.
All of these bond lengths
are less than a single C-C bond (0.154 nm) and greater
than double C=C bond (0.134 nm),
which supports the merging of the single and double bonds
into a delocalised system similar to benzene i.e.
naphthalene (and anthracene) are true aromatic compounds.
A The
three resonance structure of naphthalene (See section 7.2 for the
resonance structures of benzene)
Evidence
suggests that structure (I) is more dominant than (II) and
(III), and consists of two overlapping 'benzene' rings, each
with the equivalent of three double bonds - when the structure of naphthalene is
written out in 'Kekule' style.
B
A monosubstituted benzene compound (with substituent X) does not
need a ring number to denote its position.
A second
substituent in the benzene ring must be denoted by a number 2, 3
or 4 in the name to show its position.
C Three
examples of naming monosubstituted naphthalene compounds:
However a
number is required (1 or 2) for a monosubstituted naphthalene
compound - two possible positions.
e.g.
1-nitronaphthalene, 1-bromonaphthalene and
naphalene-2-sulfonic acid.

OLYMPICENE
molecular structure, shape and bond angles
Olympicene
(caught my imagination in 2012!),
C19H12, (Mr = 240, bpt 512oC), was one of the latest arrivals
of a polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon compound from
synthetic organic chemistry in 2011. It was conceived and synthesised by
a British research group for the London 2012 Olympic Games. The
Olympicene molecule consists of five 'fused' hexagonal rings of carbon
atoms (the official Olympic symbol consists of five 'interlocking rings'
- can't show due to copyright law!).
Consisting of five shared-fused hexagonal
carbon atom rings, Olympicene is a 'flat' or planar molecule (if
you ignore the H atoms of the saturated -CH2- which will
'stick out' above/below the planarity of the molecule). In Olympicene, four
of the hexagonal carbon atom rings are truly aromatic rings with C-C-C and C-C-H
bond
angles of ~120o. However, due to valence bond
limitations, (in left-hand representation), one of the carbon atoms of the bottom-right
ring, must be saturated with two hydrogen atoms (shown in diagram). This
means in the delocalised system of '42/3' rings
there are 18 delocalised pi electrons NOT 19 in Olympicene. In
the 2nd isomer shown (on the right), the saturated carbon atom is at the top of the top
middle ring. This means these cases the H-C-H bond angle of the saturated carbon
will be between 109o and 120o (probably around 115o?).
What is shown in the above diagram are two
of the many possible isomeric 'Kekule' skeletal formula structures.
You can write more structures of Olympicene in a similar manner eg put
the saturated carbon in one of three positions (a sort of 1, 2 or 3
position) in the top right hexagonal carbon ring, or on the bottom
carbon atom of one of the lower rings - try this exercise out and let me
know how you get on! am I right, that there are six structural isomers? I'm not exactly sure what isomers were
actually produced in the synthesis of Olympicene? and I'm not sure if
there is a dynamic equilibrium between two or more of the isomers,
though going from one isomer to another involves a proton migration
from a strong C-H bond?
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Halo-arenes - aryl/aromatic
'halides'
or aryl halide, aromatic halogen compounds, the halogen is directly attached to
the benzene ring.
The
halogen atom substituent part of the name is usually the prefix of
the aromatic compound's name.
chlorobenzene, C6H5Cl,
and
1,2 or
1,3 or
1,4-dichlorobenzene, C6H4Cl2,
,
,
C7H7Cl,
,
(chloromethyl)benzene (benzyl chloride). It is not a true aryl halogen compound, the halogen atom is in a non-aromatic side
chain, so it is a primary aliphatic halogenoalkane.
,
,
Three positional structural isomers of C7H7Cl
1-chloro-2-methylbenzene,
1-chloro-3-methylbenzene and
1-chloro-4-methylbenzene, (old names o-chlorotoluene, m-chlorotoluene and p-chlorotoluene).
These are true aryl halides with the
halogen
attached directly to the benzene ring and they are isomeric
with (chloromethyl)benzene above.
C7H6Cl2,
dichloro-2,3-methylbenzene,
dichloro-2,4-methylbenzene,
dichloro-2,5-methylbenzene
or 1,2-dichloro-3-methylbenzene,
2,4-dichloro-1-methylbenzene and
2,5-dichloro-1-methylbenzene
dichloro-2,6-methylbenzene,
dichloro-3,4-methylbenzene,
dichloro-3,5-methylbenzene,
or 1,3-dichloro-2-methylbenzene,
1,2-dichloro-4-methylbenzene and
3,5-dichloro-1-methylbenzene (1,3-dichloro-5-methylbenzene)
C8H9Cl,
1-chloro-2,4-dimethylbenzene
, 1-chloro-2,3-dimethylbenzene,
1-chloro-3,4-dimethylbenzene (4-chloro-1,2-dimethylbenzene),
2-chloro-1,3-dimethylbenzene
1-chloro-2,4-dimethylbenzene,
1-chloro-3,5-dimethylbenzene
and
2-chloro-1,4-dimethylbenzene
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Phenols
- aryl/aromatic hydroxy compounds - aromatic alcohols
If the OH group (hydroxy) is
directly attached to a benzene ring, the molecule is classified as a 'phenol'.
If not, the molecule is classified as an aliphatic alcohol
- don't confuse the two.
The 'phen' part of the
name comes from 'phenyl' group C6H5, and the
'ol' comes from the OH functional group, but these are
NOT aliphatic alcohols - they share some chemistry, but there are
significant difference with phenols due to the presence of the
benzene ring.
This difference is illustrated below
with molecules
containing a benzene ring (Phenols ROH, R = aryl only)
,
, phenol.
This forms the parent molecule
for many of the names of phenols.
The extra
substituents (other than OH) as part of the name, are usually the
prefix of the phenol's name.
Phenols form salts
with strong bases e.g. the alkali sodium hydroxide gives ....
sodium
phenoxide (old name sodium phenate)
C6H5OCl,
2-chlorophenol (o-chlorophenol),
3-chlorophenol (m-chlorophenol),
and
4-chlorophenol (p-chlorophenol)
C7H8O,
2-methylphenol
(o-methylphenol, ortho-cresol)
3-methylphenol
(m-methylphenol, meta-cresol),
4-methylphenol
(p-methylphenol, para-cresol)
If the OH is not attached to a
benzene ring you get an aliphatic alcohol which is isomeric with
phenols
or an
ether.
C7H8O, phenylmethanol
(old name 'benzyl alcohol') is a primary aliphatic alcohol which is isomeric with
methylphenols (shown above) and the ether,
methoxybenzene (anisole).
C6H7NO,
2-aminophenol,
3-aminophenol,
4-aminophenol
2-nitrophenol,
3-nitrophenol,
4-nitrophenol
These molecules can also be called: 2-hydroxynitrobenzene,
3-hydroxynitrobenzene and 4-hydroxynitrobenzene
The above six molecules have two functional
groups: phenol and primary aromatic amine and phenol and aromatic-nitro
functional groups.
C7H6O3,
3-hydroxybenzoic
acid and
2-hydroxybenzoic
acid
The carboxylic group is higher ranking than the
hydroxy group, so the molecule is named after the parent carboxylic
acid.
C7H6OCl2, 2,5-dichloro-4-methylphenol
C6H6O2,
or
1,4-dihydroxybenzene
(benzene-1,4-diol, 1,4-benzenediol, 'quinol') which is easily oxidised to
C6H4O2,
or
2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4-dione (cycohexa-2,5-diene-1,4-dione, 'p-quinone')
C8H10O, 1-phenylethanol,
a secondary aliphatic alcohol, which is isomeric with the ether
C8H10O,
ethoxybenzene (phenetole) and the ethylphenols or
dimethylphenols.
Examples of aromatic fused
ring 'phenols', these two are examples of 'naphthols':
1-naphthol
and 2-naphthol
based on the arene naphthalene
(also called
naphthalen-1-ol and naphthalen-2-ol)
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Aromatic aldehydes and
ketones
The 'aldehyde' part of the name is
usually the suffix in an aromatic aldehyde's name (as in aliphatic
aldehydes).
True aromatic aldehydes, R-CHO, have the aldehyde group -CHO directly
attached to the ring e.g.
C7H6O,
or
benzaldehyde,
and
C7H6O2,
2-hydroxybenzaldehyde
Lots more aldehyde structures
The 'ketone' part of the name, one,
is usually the suffix in an aromatic ketone's name (as in aliphatic
ketones).
Ketones, R2C=O, R = alkyl or aryl.
aromatic ketones are
often 'mixed' aliphatic-aromatic in the sense that one R group is alkyl and
the other R group is aryl e.g. 1-phenylethanone (acetophenone, methyl phenyl ketone),
C8H8O,
Ethanone is a fictitious ketone, but the aromatic
ring on the 1st carbon of the aliphatic 'eth' part, 'converts' the
molecule to a true ketone.
The IUPAC preferred name is 1-phenylethan-1-one.
and C8H8O2,
the
IUPAC preferred name is 1-(2-hydroxyphenyl)ethanone
1-(2/3/4-methylphenyl)ethanone (2/3/4-methylacetophenone)
Diphenylmethanone (diphenyl
ketone), C13H10O,
is a completely aromatic ketone.
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Aromatic carboxylic acids
and their derivatives
Note: quite a few of the 'old' names are still used and
accepted
The name ends in
...carboxylic acid or ...oic
acid, in salts and esters the suffix is ...oate
The derivative names are similar for
aliphatic carboxylic acids and their derivatives e.g.
acid chlorides -COCl, are named
...oyl chloride, amides -CONH2, are named ...amide
and esters are named in the same
way e.g. alkyl ...oate
C7H6O2,
,
,
,
,
benenecarboxylic acid, benzoic acid, (salicylic
acid)
sodium benzoate (the sodium salt of benzoic acid),
benzoate ion
C7H5OCl,
,
,
,
,
benzenecarbonyl chloride, benzoyl chloride
C7H7ON,
,
,
,
,
benzenecarboxamide, benzamide
C8H8O2,
,
,
,
,
methyl benzenecarboxylate, methyl benzoate
C8H8O3,
or
, methyl
2-hydroxybenzoate
(methyl salicylate, 'oil
of wintergreen' has mild pain killing properties)
C9H10O2,
,
,
, ethyl
benzenecarboxylate, ethyl benzoate
C10H12O2,
,
,
, propyl
benzenecarboxylate, propyl benzoate
C7H5O3,
,
,
2-, 3-
or
4-hydroxybenzenecarboxylic acid, 2-, 3-
or
4-hydroxybenzoic acid
2-hydroxybenzoic acid is commonly
called by its historic trivial name of salicylic acid,
aspirin connection!
C7H5ClO2
,
,
,
2-, 3-
and
4-chlorobenzoic acid
C7H5NO3 ,
,
,
2-, 3-
and
4-nitrobenzoic acid
C7H7NO2 ,
,
,
2-, 3-
and
4-aminobenzoic acid
C8H8O2, 2-methylbenzoic acid
,
3-methylbenzoic acid
,
4-methybenzoic acid

C8H6O4,
,
,
benzene-1,2-dicarboxylic acid
(or
-1,3-
or -1,4-)
also
1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid, 1,3-benzenedicarboxylic acid
and 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid
(old
names: phthalic acid, isophthalic acid and terephthalic acid)
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Primary
AROMATIC amines
(primary, 2 H's and only one R group attached to the N of the
amine group, R-NH2 where R = alkyl or aryl)
The amino (prefix) or amine
(suffix) group is directly attached to the aromatic benzene ring
e.g.
C6H7N,
the simplest is C6H5NH2, phenylamine
(technically it is aminobenzene, but this name is rarely used.
However, when the amino group is
a 2nd substituent, the prefix amino can be used OR in suffix
phenylamine.
I'm afraid both namings' are
widely used, so just get used to them - the examples below show how
both are uses!
C6H6NCl, 2-
or 3-
or 4-chlorophenylamine
,
,
(primary aromatic amines)
(Here the suffix
phenylamine is used, because the amine group is considered a higher
ranking group than chloro)
C6H8N2, 1,3-diaminobenzene,
and
3-aminobenzoic acid,
(Here the prefix amino is used,
and the carboxylic acid is considered a higher ranking group
than amine/amino.
C7H9N,
2-methylphenylamine, methyl-2-phenylamine, 1-amino-2-methylbenzene
This is isomeric with
benzylamine which is a primary aliphatic amine because the amine group
is not directly attached to the ring.
and isomeric
C6H5-NH-CH3
is a secondary amine.
Secondary AROMATIC
amines
(secondary, one H and two R groups attached to the N of the
amine group, R2NH where R = alkyl or aryl)
C7H9N, N-methylphenylamine
,
and C8H11N,
N-ethylphenylamine
and C10H11N,
diphenylamine
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Aromatic
TERTIARY
AMINES and quaternary ammonium salts
(tertiary, no H and three R groups attached to the N of the
amine group, R3N where R = alkyl or aryl)
N,N-dimethylphenylamine, C8H11N,
,
N,N-diethylphenylamineC10H15N,
The
quaternary ammonium salts
would have the formulae [C6H5NH(CH3)2]+
and [C6H5NH(CH2CH3)2]+
and
C18H15N,
triphenylamine
, this can be converted to a quaternary ammonium salt
(C6H5)4N]+
Aromatic
PRIMARY
ACID AMIDES
(primary, no
alkyl/aryl R group and 2H's on the N of amide group)
The simplest primary
aromatic acid amide
derived from an aromatic carboxylic acid
is
benzamide
or benzenecarboxamide, C7H7NO,
,
,
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Aromatic
SECONDARY
ACID AMIDES
(secondary, 1 alkyl/aryl R group and 1H on the N of amide
group)
N-phenylethanamide, C8H9NO,
(this is really a phenyl derivative of the aliphatic amide, ethanamide)
N-methylbenzamide, C8H9NO,
,
and
N-phenylbenzamide, C13H11NO,
(both
true secondary aromatic amide)
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Aromatic
POLYAMIDES
Are secondary amides formed
in a condensation polymerisation reaction between a carboxylic acid and an amine.
Water is
eliminated between the two 'monomers' to give the secondary, polyamide (polymer)
linkage ...
-COOH
+ H2N-
==> -CO-NH- + H2O ,
linkage
KEVLAR is an aromatic polyamide formed from
benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid and 1,4-diaminobenzene
Aromatic
TERTIARY
ACID AMIDES
Tertiary amides
would have no H and 2 aryl/alkyl groups on N
of amide group.
N,N-dimethylbenzamide, C9H11NO,
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DIAZONIUM SALTS
and AZO DYES:
Diazonium salts are formed when primary
aromatic amines reaction with nitrous acid
e.g.
C6H5NH2(aq) + HNO2(aq) + H+(aq)
==> C6H5N2+(aq)
+ 2H2O(l)
The diazonium cation has a nitrogen-nitrogen
triple bond system directly attached to the benzene ring
e.g.
(1)
from
phenylamine
(2)
from
4-methylphenylamine
(3)
from
2-aminobenzoic acid.
In alkaline solution these diazonium salts couple with
phenols and aromatic amines to form azo dyes.
These dyes have benzene rings linked
with an azo -N=N- bond system e.g.
reacting (1) with phenol gives
reacting (1) with phenylamine gives
reacting (2) with phenol gives
reacting (2) with phenylamine gives
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NITRO-AROMATICS
Nitro-aromatic compounds have the nitro
-NO2 group directly attached to the ring.
(On
reduction they form primary aromatic amines.)
nitrobenzene, C6H5NO2,
and
, C6H4N2O4,
1,3-dinitrobenzene,
3 isomers of C6H4NO2Cl, 1-chloro-2-nitrobenzene
,
1-chloro-3-nitrobenzene
,
1-chloro-4-nitrobenzene which
can also named more simply
as: chloro-2-nitrobenzene, chloro-3-nitrobenzene and
chloro-4-nitrobenzene
C7H7NO2, methyl-2-nitrobenzene,
or
1-methyl-2-nitrobenzene (o-nitrotoluene, ortho nitrotoluene) and the two other
positional structural isomers
methyl-3-nitrobenzene,
or
1-methyl-3-nitrobenzene (m-nitrotoluene, meta nitrotoluene) and
methyl-4-nitrobenzene,
or
1-methyl-4-nitrobenzene
(p-nitrotoluene, para nitrotoluene)
The explosive TNT has the structure
, the
acronym comes from its historic-trivial name of 2,4,6-trinitotolune, toluene was
the old name for methylbenzene.
A more systematic name for TNT is
1-methyl-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene.
Finally a substituted aromatic
carboxylic acid, C7H5NO3,
3-nitrobenzoic acid,
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Aromatic
Sulfonic
Acids
These molecules have a strongly mono-basic acidic group -SO2OH
directly attached to the benzene ring e.g.
benzenesulfonic acid, C6H6SO3, C6H5SO3H,
C6H5SO2OH,
,
(benzenesulfonic acid)
2-, 3- or
4-methylbenzenesulfonic acid, C7H8SO3, CH3C6H5SO2OH, ,
,
(or
methyl-2/3/4-benzenesulfonic acid)
4-aminobenzenesulfonic acid
KEYWORDS: fast
track to nomenclature examples of
Hydrocarbons (Arenes)
... Halo-Aromatics ... Phenols ... Aldehydes
and Ketones ... Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives
Amines (prim/sec/tert)
... Amides
... Diazonium Salts and azo dyes ... Nitro-Aromatics
... Sulfonic Acids
Type
in name QUIZ *
Functional Group Tests *
Summary
of FUNCTIONAL GROUPS
See ALKANES page for comparison with aliphatic
and alicyclic compounds
The shapes
and bond angles of simple molecules - section on bond angles in organic
molecules
formula keywords: how to
name naming nomenclature empirical molecular formula graphic formula
displayed formula skeletal formula structural isomers isomerism
for aromatics aromatic compounds Hydrocarbons arenes) ... Halo-Aromatics ... Phenols ... Aldehydes and
Ketones ... Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives ... primary prim secondary
sec tertiary tert Amines (prim/sec/tert) ... Amides ... Diazonium Salts
and azo dyes ... Nitro-Aromatics ... Sulfonic Acids C6H6
C7H8 C6H5CH3 C8H10 CH3C6H4CH3 C6H5CH2CH3 C8H18 C6H5CH=CH2 C9H12 C10H14
C11H16 C6H5Cl C6H4Cl2 ClC6H4Cl C7H7Cl C6H5CH2Cl CH3C6H4Cl C7H6Cl2 C8H9Cl
C6H6O C6H5OH C6H5OCl C6H5ClO ClC6H4OH C7H8O CH3C6H4OH HOC6H4NH2
NH2C6H4OH H2NC6H4OH C6H7ON C6H7NO C7H6O3 HOC6H4COOH C7H6OCl2 C7H6Cl2O
C6H6O2 HOC6H4OH C6H4O2 C6H5CH2OH C6H5OCH3 C8H10O C6H5OCH2CH3
C6H5OCH2CH7H6O2 C6H5COOH C7H6O C6H5CHO C7H6O2 HOC6H4CHO C8H8O C6H5COOCH3
C8H8O2 C13H10O C7H6O2 C6H5COOH C7H5OCl C7H5ClO C68H11N C6H5NHCH2CH3
C6H5COCl C7H7ON C7H7NO C6H5CONH2 C8H8O2 C6H5COOCH3 C8H8O3 C9H10O2
C6H5COOCH2CH3 C9H10O2 C10H12O2 C6H5COOCH2CH2CH3 C7H6O3 HOC6H4COOH
C7H5ClO2 C7H5O2Cl ClC6H4COOH C8H6O4 HOOCC6H6COOH C6H7N C6H5NH2 C6H6NCl
C6H6ClN C6H8N2 H2NC6H4NH2 NH2C6H4NH2 C7H9N CH3C6H4NH2 C6H5CH2NH2
C6H5NHCH3 C8H11N C6H5NHCH2CH3 C10H11N C6H5NHC6H5 C9H11N C10H15N C18H15N
C7H7NO C7H7ON C6H5CONH2 C8H9NO C8H9ON CH3CONHC6H5 C6H5CONHCH3 C13H11NO
C13H11ON C6H5CONHC6H5 C9H11NO C9H11ON C6H5NO2 C6H5ON2 C6H4N2O4 C6H4O4N2
C6H4NO2Cl C6H4O2NCl C6H4O2ClN C6H4ClNO2 C6H4ClO2N C6H4NClO2 ClC6H4NO2
O2NC6H4Cl NO2C6H4Cl C7H7NO2 C7H7O2N CH3C6H4NO2 O2NC6H4CH3 NO2C6H4CH3
C7H5NO3 O2NC6H4COOH NO2C6H4COOH C6H6O3S C6H6SO3 C6H5SO3H C6H5SO2OH
C7H8SO3 CH3C6H4SO2OH C10H8 C14H10 C19H12
These detailed notes on the
structure and naming of aromatic compounds include the general formula
of aromatic compound molecules, empirical formula of aromatic compound
molecules, structural formula of aromatic compound molecules, skeletal
formula of aromatic compound molecules, displayed formula of aromatic
compound molecules, shapes of aromatic compound molecules, isomers of
aromatic compound molecules IUPAC rules for aromatic nomenclature.
Students should be able to draw structural formula of aromatic,
displayed and skeletal formulas for aromatic organic compounds apply
IUPAC rules for nomenclature to name aromatic acid organic compounds
including chains and rings and be able to apply IUPAC rules for
nomenclature to draw the structural, displayed or skeletal structure of
aromatic organic compounds from the aromatic IUPAC name from the
homologous series of aromatics
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