Tert butyl benzene dose not show hyperconjugation
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We know that hydrocarbon side-chains on a benzene ring influence electrophilic substitutions by directing the incoming electrophile to attack at ortho and para positions. The following hyperconjugations are shown to explain directive effect of toluene: However, the situation was different when I tried to analyse for tert-butylbenzene. Tert-butylbenzene has no α-hydrogens so the above mechanism cannot be extended to this case.
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