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Organic Lesson 62 "Aromatic Compounds"

Science and Technology Standards:

PA Standard 3.4.12A: Apply concepts about the structure and properties of matter.

Anchor Assessment S11.A.1.1: Analyze and explain the nature of science in the search for understanding the natural world and its connection to technological systems.

Anchor Assessment S11.A.1.2: Identify and analyze the scientific or technological challenges of societal issues; propose possible solutions and discuss implications.

Anchor Assessment S11.A.1.3: Describe and interpret patterns of change in natural and human-made systems.

Anchor Assessment S11.A.2.1: Apply knowledge of scientific investigation or technological design to develop or critique aspects of the experimental or design process.

Anchor Assessment S11.A.2.2: Evaluate appropriate technologies for a specific purpose, or describe the information the instrument can provide.

Anchor Assessment S11.A.3.2: Compare observations of the real.

Anchor Assessment S11.A.3.3: Compare and Analyze repeated processes or recuring elements in patterns.

Anchor Assessment S11.B.1.1: Explain structure and function at multiple levels of organization.

Anchor Assessment S11.C.1.1: Explain the relationship between the structure an properties of matter.

Purpose:

1. I will name arenes.
2. I will draw the orbital structure of arenes.
3. I will draw the resonance forms of benzene.
3. I will identify the bond lengths of benzene.

Homework Due:

1. Complete Notes on Introduction - Section 5.3

Handouts/Supplies:

1. No handouts

I. Introduction

Opening Assignment:

Warm-Up: Draw the nitration mechanism.
Review warm-up
State the purpose

II. The Lesson:

Activity #1: Review the nitration mechanism
Activity #2: Review problems 5.6 - 5.9
Activity #3: Review section 5.6 "The Friedel-Crafts Alkylation and Acylation Reactions"
Activity #4: Discuss the following:

1. Alkylation Reaction (mechanism)
2. Alkylation Reaction (-NO₂, -CN, -SO₃H, -COR meta)
2. Acylation Reaction

Activity #5: Review section 5.7 "Substituent Effects in Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution"
Activity #6: Discuss the following:

1. Substituents affect the rate of reaction
2. Substituents affect the placement of addition substituents

Activity #7: Prep section 5.8
Activity #8: Complete notes on sections 5.8
Activity #9: Complete problems 5.10 - 5.13

III. Closure:

Summary Assignment:

Summarize today's lesson
1. I will name arenes.
2. I will draw the orbital structure of arenes.
3. I will draw the resonance forms of benzene.
3. I will identify the bond lengths of benzene.

Homework Assignment (Write down in planners):

1. Complete notes on sections 5.8
2. Complete problems 5.10 - 5.13

Preview of Next Class:

1. Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions: Bromination
2. Other Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions

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