Question

Supply structures for the products of the reaction of Methyl benzene with:
(i) chlorine in the presence of light
(ii) chlorine in the presence of $FeCl_{3}$
(iii) $K_{2}Cr_{2}O_{7}$ / $H_{2}SO_{4}$

Answer 1

"(i) In the "presence of sunlight" methyl benzene treated with chlorine to form chlorophenyl methane. The reaction is as follows.

(ii) In the presence of $FeC{ l }_{ 3 }$ methyl benzene treated with chlorine to form ortho and para chloro toluene. The reaction is as follows.

(iii) In the presence of ${ K }_{ 2 }{ Cr }_{ 2 }{ O }_{ 7 }$ and ${ H }_{ 2 }S{ O }_{ 4 }$methyl benzene undergoes oxidation to "form benzoic acid". The reaction is given below."