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Chapter 18: Q 104 P (page 923)

Question: Show how Novocain, a painkiller used frequently by dentists, can be prepared from benzene and compounds containing no more than four carbons.

Novocain

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Benzene

The benzene is a compound cyclic six carbon compound containing three double bonds and twelve single bonds. The carbon is bonded to each other and to six hydrogen atoms. Benzene undergoes a series of reactions to give Novocain.

02

Explanation

The reaction for the synthesis of Novocain is as given below.

Reaction

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Most popular questions from this chapter

Question: What reagents are required to carry out the following synthesis?

What reagents are required to carry out the following synthesis?

Draw the product of each of the following reactions:

a.

b.

What are the products of the following reactions?

List the compounds in each set from most reactive to least reactive toward electrophilic aromatic substitution:

a. benzene, phenol, toluene, nitrobenzene, bromobenzene

b. dichloromethylbenzene, difluoromethylbenzene, toluene, chloromethylbenzene
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