Toluene (methylbenzene) is oxidized by KMnO4 to Benzoic Acid. The methyl group (-CH3) directly attached to the benzene ring is converted to a carboxylic acid group (-COOH).
(b) Reaction 2: Oxidation of Alkyl Benzene (Propylbenzene)
+ KMnO4/KOH, heat + H3O+ → Benzoic Acid
Propylbenzene is oxidized by KMnO4 to Benzoic Acid. The entire alkyl chain attached to the benzene ring is degraded and oxidized to a carboxylic acid (-COOH) group.
Answer: (E) Both reactions produce Benzoic Acid. Product 1 and Product 2 are both Benzoic Acid.
Aromatic hydrocarbons, sometimes known as arenes, are aromatic organic molecules made up entirely of carbon and hydrogen. In aromatic compounds a benzene ring which is named after the simple aromatic chemical benzene, or a phenyl group when part of a larger structure, is the configuration of six carbon atoms.
This reaction involves the replacement of one substituent on the ring of an aromatic hydrocarbon, commonly a hydrogen atom, by a different substituent group.
The common types of aromatic substitution reactions are:
