the book says nothing on alpha halogenation on aldehydes - however I have the official solutions book for morrison and boyd called "Study Guide to Organic Chemistry"
by the respected authors themselves
the study guide says alpha halogenation happens no reasons given
it happens in both acidic/basic mediums. but for ketones as far as i know.
Is this an error?
However.. if you look at the acid catalyzed method of alpha halogenation; you will see enolization takes place. And in phenylacetaldehyde a very stable enol could form.
@Abcd Don't get it?
I have another question - when should one think about enolization anyway? like wherever one can form a really stable enol via resonance - should one go for it OR something else is needed?
Q3) Does ketone - ketone aldol condenation happen? my teacher suggest not to think about ketone - ketone aldol condensation.
@Abcd Because the O- present will be more reluctant to pull electrons from the ring as compared to O-H part of SO3H due to bond polarity of O-H bond..(like COO- is less deactivating than COOH)
@McSuperbX1 I read the transcript for the preceding chat, and I don't really understand what your doubt is... Do you want to know the conditions for acid-catalysed enolization,or alpha halogenation,or what?
Please paraphrase your misgivings succintly once again
Alpha halogenation on phenylacetaldehyde would require the formation of an enol initially for the substitution of Br to occur anywhere... CCl4 is by no means going to promote enolization as it's not even polar,let alone acidic or basic... So no, alpha halogenation by the usual mech is certainly not happening here...
My following question: The resulting enol (if I assume enolization happens somehow) - is pretty stable. So - basically; acid catalyzed enolization is the only way to form enols?
I have solved HP.. And have a pretty good idea of MsC... I feel that HP is way more fun to solve and has more thinking required than MsC.. But MsC also does it's job well for JEE.. So it's really a matter of perception
@Dante Which adsorption dye helps to identify silver halides?
Look in applications of adsorption in ncert.. It is fluorescein majorly and also sometimes eosin... Tryptophan is an amino acid... Basel is sthg i just made up XD
Okay... Well, do you know the colors of common ions like Co3+(pink).. Mn2+(buff pink).. Fe2+(green, remember iron vitriol).. Fe3+(brown).. Cu2+(blue,remember blue vitriol)... And such?