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Chapter 12 Flashcards

Synthesis and Retrosynthesis

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1
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What is a phenol?

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a benzene + alcohol

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What is a alkoxide?

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deprotonated form of an alcohol

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3
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What is needed to form an alkoxide?

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strong base
ex. NaH

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4
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How is acidity in alcohols determined?

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Resonance - more resonance = increased acidity
Induction: presence of electron withdrawing groups increases acidity
Solvation: more poorly solvated (bulky)=acidic

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5
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What is the best way to make a 1 prime alcohol?

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SN2

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What is the best way to make 3 prime alcohols?

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SN1

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What are the three ways to prepare an alcohol from an alkene and which reagents do they use?

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  • Acid-catalyzed hydration: Dilute H2SO4
  • Oxymercuration: 1)Hg(OAc)2, H2O
    2)NaBH4
  • Hydroboration: 1) BH3THF
    2)H2O2, NaOH
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8
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What is the order of oxidation?

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alcohol to aldehyde/carbonyl to carboxylic acid

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9
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What are the common reducing agents?

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  • NaBH4
  • LiAlH4
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10
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What is a diol compound?

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compound with two hydroxyl groups

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11
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What are the Grignard reagents used to prepare and alcohol?

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1)CH3MgBr, Et2O
2)H3O+
(CH3 can be any type of carbon chain)

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12
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What protects alcohol groups from modification in a Grignard rxn?

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TMS (trimethylsilyl group)
TMSCl
———->
Et3N

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13
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What are the options for the substitution of primary alcohols?

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1)Simple substitution: primary alcohol +HBr
2)Catalyzed substitution:
primary alcohol + HCl ZnCl2
———>

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14
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What are the options for the substitution of primary or secondary alcohols?

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1) 2alcohol + TsCl/Pyr +Cl -
- inverts stereochemistry
2)1 alcohol +PBr3—-> OH substituted with Br
3)2* alcohol (SOCl2)/—–> Cl swaps with OH and is inverted

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What are the methods for forming an alkene from the elimination of alcohols?

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  • Acid-Catalyzed Elimination:
    3* alcohol (H2SO4)/—>/(delta Heat)
    via E1,
  • Base-catalyzed elimination
    TsCl/Pyr + EtONa (strong base)
  • E2 mechanism
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16
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What does the oxidation of 1* alcohol lead to?

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Carboxylic acid

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17
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What does the oxidation of 2* alcohol lead to?

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Ketone

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18
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What does the oxidation of 3* alcohol lead to?

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Does not happen bc it would lead to 5 bonds to carbon

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19
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What are the four types of oxidation reactions?

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  • Chromium Oxidation
  • controlled oxidation
  • swern oxidation
  • Dess-Martin Oxidation
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20
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Details of Chromium oxidation?

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Reagents
- CrO3 or Na2Cr2O7
- (very strong oxidizers)
- 2* alcohol to ketone
- 1* alcohol is over oxidized to the acid

21
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Details of controlled oxidation?

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  • reagent: PCC/CH2Cl2 (pyridinium chlorochromate)
  • stops at aldehyde
  • prevents over oxidation
22
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Details of stern oxidation?

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  • Reagents: 1)DMSO, (COCl)2/2)Et3N
  • 2* alcohol to ketone
23
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Details of Dess-Martin Oxidation?

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Reagents: DMP/CH2Cl2
- 1* alcohol to aldehyde

24
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What is an ether?

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an oxygen connected to two hydrocarbon group

25
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What is the oxygen orbital hybridization of an ether?

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sp^3
- electronic geometry is tetrahedral

26
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What is the molecular geometry of an ether?

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bent (2 lone pairs)

27
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Intermolecular forces of neat ether

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  • London forces
28
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What is the intermolecular force for ethanol?

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hydrogen bonding

29
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Why do alcohols have a greater boiling point than ethers?

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alcohols have stronger intermolecular forces than ethers

30
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What are the common ether solvents and what are their benefits?

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  • Diethyl Ether
  • THF
  • 1,4-Dioxane
    Benefits:
  • Relatively unreactive
  • Low boiling point = easy to remove after a reaction
31
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What is a crown ether?

A

cyclic polyethers that tightly bind metal ions
Naming: X-Crown-Y

32
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How do ethers interact with metals?

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  • Oxygen interacts with a metal, often stabilizing the negative charge
  • metals bind the center of ring by interacting with oxygens
  • hydrocarbons on the outside of the ring mask the positive charge of the metal
33
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How do crown ether produce a stable fluorine?

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Crown ethers can produce stable F- to act as a nucleophile in an organic solvents (like benzene) because it overcomes issues of stability and solubility

34
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What ion do each of the crown ethers bind?
1) 12-Crown-4
2) 15 -Crown-5
3) 18- Crown-6

A

1)Li
2)Na
3)K

35
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What is Williamson Ether Synthesis

A
  • great for symmetrical and asymmetrical ethers
  • two step mechanism: Proton transfer and nucleophilic attack
  • uses a strong base that deprotonates the alcohol
    includes and alcohol and an alkyl halide
36
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What is autooxidation?

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  • diethyl ether reacts slowly with O2 to form hydro peroxide which reacts violently when heated.
37
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What is an expoxide?

A

cyclic ether with a single oxygen

38
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What is an oxirane?

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an epoxide that is particularly reactive due to ring strain

39
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What are the two common methods for forming epoxides?

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1) Peroxy acid addition to an alkene
- trans alkene + MCBPA —->trans epoxide
2) Epoxides via halohydrins
- halohydrin is treated with a strong base Ex. NaOH

40
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Williamson Ether Synthesis Mechanism

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(CH3OH) 1)NaH/2)CH3Br —> CH3OCH3

41
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Why are epoxides more reactive than ethers?

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ring strain

42
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What are the two kinds of ring-opening reactions?

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  • reaction with a strong nucleophile
  • acid-catalyzed ring opening
43
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Examples of some strong nucleophiles?

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RONa, NaCN, NaSH, RMgBr, LAH

44
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When a strong nucleophile reacts with an epoxide ring, which carbon gets the addition of the nucleophile?

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the less hindered carbon

45
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What happens to the stereochemistry when the ring is opened?

A

the stereochemistry is inverted

46
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If the ring has a primary and a secondary carbon which carbon does the nucleophile attach to?

A

the primary carbon

47
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If the ring has a primary carbon and a tertiary carbon, which carbon does the nucleophile attach to?

A

the tertiary carbon

48
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If the ring the ring has a secondary and a tertiary carbon, which does the nucleophile attach to?

A

the tertiary carbon

49
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