CH1OC2 recap of lecture 2 part 1

Through which type of bonds are inductive effects felt?

• pi

• sigma

• Both

What type of inductive effect does an alkyl group have?

• +I

• -I

• +I and -I

What type of inductive effect does a trifluoromethyl group have?

• +I

• -I

• +I and -I

What is the major product of the following reaction?

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Is methyl benzene more reactive, or less reactive than benzene in electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions?

• They're the same

• Less reactive

• More reactive