This type of reaction is an aromatic electrophilic substitution. The overall reaction is the replacement of a proton (H +) with an electrophile (E +) in the aromatic ring.

The aromatic ring in p-fluoroanisole has two sustituents, an halogen and a methoxy group, which are ortho-para directing substituents.

Aryl sulfonic acids are easily synthesized by an electrophilic substitution reaction aromatic using sulfur trioxide as an electrophile (very reactive).

The reaction occurs in three steps:

The attack on the electrophile forms the sigma complex.
The loss of a proton regenerates an aromatic ring.
The sulfonate group can be protonated in the presence of a strong acid (H₂SO₄).

Normally, a mixture of ortho-para substituted products would be obtained. However, since both para positions are occupied, only the ortho substituted product is obtained here.

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When water evaporates, what happens to the molecules that make up the liquid water?

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Evaporation happens when a liquid substance becomes a gas. When water is heated, it evaporates. The molecules move and vibrate so quickly that they escape into the atmosphere as molecules of water vapor.

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