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Allylic bromination : NBS
« on: June 01, 2021, 07:21:32 AM »
Have a doubt:
If I have a ciclopentadiene and use 2eq NBS I'll get two bromination at the same allylic position or I get two bromination each  one in  a  different allylic site

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Re: Allylic bromination : NBS
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2021, 09:28:41 AM »
Would you care to make a prediction and explain your reasoning?

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Re: Allylic bromination : NBS
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2021, 02:42:57 PM »
Would you care to make a prediction and explain your reasoning?

After first   cyclopentadiene allylic bromination  I have:

-  one allylic position with an Hydrogen and a bromine
- the other allylic position with two hydrogen

Now the second NBS equivalent could react with the allylic position already brominated or with the pther one

Now looking at the mechanism I get a radical when the C-H bond is cleaved by Br·

Now I don't know  if I can say that a radical carbon is an electrophilic  carbon and an halogen near it will destabilized that.

So the bromination will occour on the other allylic position where I don't have any halide

Another explanation  is the steric hindrance
Br has a big steric hindrance and is hard for the second Br· to attack the allylic postion where is already bonded a Br


But I don't know if these explanations are good

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Re: Allylic bromination : NBS
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2021, 06:47:06 PM »
I don't know the answer.  However, I would argue that in some instances (bromination of alkanes), if there are steric effects, they are swamped out by relative stabilities of the radicals.

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Re: Allylic bromination : NBS
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2021, 04:17:48 AM »
I dont understand, there is only one allylic site?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclopentadiene

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Re: Allylic bromination : NBS
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2021, 08:20:12 AM »
I dont understand, there is only one allylic site?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclopentadiene

Sorry!!.my mistake
The molecule  is cyclopentene

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Re: Allylic bromination : NBS
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2021, 12:42:21 PM »
I think you get mainly one bromine in each site first then the tri and tetra bromo. But its really not easy to say, you have to do the experiment.

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Re: Allylic bromination : NBS
« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2021, 03:39:50 PM »
I think you get mainly one bromine in each site first then the tri and tetra bromo. But its really not easy to say, you have to do the experiment.

I thought that too..not so easy to predict

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Re: Allylic bromination : NBS
« Reply #8 on: June 02, 2021, 05:04:39 PM »
I would look for the more stable radical.

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