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Homework Statement
Show the complete mechanism for the electrophilic addition reaction of toluene and bromine, isopropylbenzene and bromine. Draw the structure of the intermediate hydrocarbon.
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The Attempt at a Solution
I am having a really hard time with this question, I understand how electrophilic addition works in alkenes, and have reviewed electrophilic substitution reaction mechanisms in molecules with benzene rings.
For the toluene
would the bromine firstly separate to form two separate bromine ions, and then would one bromine attack the top most hydrogen, forming CH2BR instead of CH3, the remaining Br combine with the free H ion to form HBR??
thanks