Benzene reacts with bromine in the presence of a suitable catalyst to form bromobenzene as one product. State the name or formula of the other product in this reaction.
With the catalyst present, bromine may be regarded as generating the electrophile $\mathrm{Br^+}$. Finish the mechanism for the reaction of benzene with $\mathrm{Br^+}$, using curly arrows to indicate the movement of electron pairs.
Name the mechanism shown.
Benzene may serve as the starting material for the synthesis of cyclohexylmethanol, $\mathrm{C_6H_{11}CH_2OH}$, as shown. Identify a suitable reagent and a suitable catalyst for step 1.
Draw the displayed structure of $A$.
Identify appropriate reagents for steps 3 and 4.
Deduce the number of peaks in the $^{13}$C NMR spectrum of cyclohexylmethanol.