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Chapter 5 - Carbonyls and Alcohols Flashcards

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Acetal structure

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Hemiacetal structure

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Ketal structure

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Hemiketal structure

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Acid halide structure

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Acid anhydride structure

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Amide structure

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Imide structure

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Lactone structure

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Lactam structure

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Describe the signal present for a hydroxyl group on 1H NMR

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broad peak between 1 and 5 ppm

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Describe the general reactivity of alcohols

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They are not good nucleophiles, but they can be deprotonated and converted into an alkoxide under basic conditions.

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Describe the general reactivity of aldehydes and ketones

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They are reactive with most nucleophiles , but not by a traditional nucleophilic substitution mechanism. The reactivity occurs mainly at the electrophilic carbonyl center, often forming a tetrahedral intermediate.

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Out of ketals, hemiketals, acetals, and hemiacetals, which can be formed and removed under acidic conditions?

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acetals and ketals

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Out of ketals, hemiketals, acetals, and hemiacetals, which can be formed only under basic conditions, but removed under any conditions?

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hemiacetals and hemiketals

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What are the 4 steps in an acid-catalyzed mechanism?

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1) protonate (making the leaving group a better leaving group)
2) break bond (leaving group leaves)
3) make bond (nucleophile attacks carbocation)
4) deprotonate (molecule returns to natural state)

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What are the 4 steps in a base-catalyzed mechanism?

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1) deprotonate (make a strong nucleophile)
2) make bond (nucleophile attacks), break bond (leaving group leaves)
3) protonate (molecule returns to neutral state)

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What charge do intermediates carry in an acid-catalyzed mechanism?

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positive

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What charge do intermediates carry in a base-catalyzed reaction?

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negative

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The addition of an alcohol to an aldehyde under acidic conditions yields what?

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an acetal

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The addition of an alcohol to a ketone under basic conditions yields what?

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a hemiketal

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What reactant is needed to form a ketal or acetal protecting group?

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a 1,2-diol (OHCH2CH2OH) under acidic conditions

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What is produced when an ester is reacted with a strong base in water?

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Saponification: forms a carboxylate (deprotonated carboxylic acid) + alcohol

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What is produced when an ester is reacted with an acid in water?

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Ester hydrolysis: carboxylic acid + alcohol

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What is formed when a methyl ketone is reacted with I2 and strong base and water?

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Iodoform reaction: carboxylate (deprotonated carboxylic acid) + I3CH (iodoform)

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What is formed when an aldehyde is reacted with potassium permanganate (KMnO4) in strong base and water?

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Oxidation: carboxylic acid

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What is formed when a primary alcohol is reacted with potassium dichromate (K2Cr2O7) and acid in water?

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Oxidation: carboxylic acid

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What is formed when a secondary amide is reacted with a strong acid at high temperature?

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Amide hydrolysis: carboxylic acid + RNH3+

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What is formed when a nitrile is reacted with a strong acid at high temperature?

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Nitrile hydrolysis: carboxylic acid + NH4+

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What is formed when a carboxylic acid is reacted with thionyl chloride (SOCl2)?

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acid halide

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What is formed when a carboxylic acid is reacted with an alcohol and acid in high temperature?

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transesterification: ester

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What is formed when a carboxylic acid is treated with high temperature?

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Condensation reaction: acid anhydride

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What is formed when a carboxylic acid is reacted with 1) LiAlH4 (lithium aluminum hydride), 2) NH4Cl (ammonium chloride)?

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primary alcohol

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Why are esters more reactive than ketones/aldehydes?

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They have an alkoxy (OR) leaving group.

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What is formed when an ester is reacted with alcohol at high temperature under acidic conditions?

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Transesterification: new ester with an alkoxy group from the alcohol

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What is formed when a cyclic ketone is reacted with peroxyacids (RCO3H) (commonly mcpba)?

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Baeyer-Villiger reaction: lactone

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What is formed when an acid anhydride is reacted with water?

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Hydrolysis: 2 carboxylic acids

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Why are acid halides the most reactive of all the carbonyl groups?

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They have the best leaving group.

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What functional group makes up the peptide bond?

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amide

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What is formed when an amide is reacted with LiALH4 (lithium aluminum hydride)?

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Reduction: amine

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What functional group forms the hydrogen bond in base pairing of DNA and RNA?

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amide

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Carbonyl reactions can be categorized into what 3 categories?

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  • attack at carbonyl carbon
  • deprotonation of alpha proton
  • oxidation/reduction
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What are the 2 categories of reactions in which a nucleophile attackes the electrophilic carbonyl carbon?

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  • substitution (leaving group)
  • addition (no leaving group)
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What determines a carbonyl’s leaving group strength?

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the pKa of its conjugate acid (good leaving groups have better stronger conjugate acids with low pKas)

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decreasing order of reactivity for acid anhydride, acid halide, amide, ester

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acid halide > acid anhydride > ester > amide

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What forms in the deprotonation of alpha protons?

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enolates

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Enolate and Enol structures

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What are tautomers?

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structural isomers that very in position of a pi bond and a hydrogen

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Keto-enol tautomerization

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50
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carbonyl carbanion structure

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51
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When a carbonyl carbanion is reacted with an alkyl halide, what happens?

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The carbanion acts as a nucleophile to perform nucleophilic substitution, forming a new C-C bond and a longer ketone.

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What two bonding changes increase oxidation state?

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  • gain of bonds to oxygen
  • loss of bonds to hydrogen
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What two bonding changes decrease oxidation state?

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  • loss of bonds to oxygen
  • gain of bonds to hydrogen
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What is required for a carbon to be oxidized?

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It must be bonded to oxygen and at least on hydrogen.

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How is oxidation state determined for each carbon in a molecule?

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Electronegativity is analyzed.

Bonds to hydrogen give a negative to carbon and a positive to hydrogen. Bonds to oxygen give a positive to carbon and a negative to oxygen.

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Oxidizing agents are rich in what element?

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oxygen

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Reducing agents are rich in what element?

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hydrogen

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What results from the oxidation of a primary alcohol?

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aldehyde ► carboxylic acid

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What results from the oxidation of an aldehyde?

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carboxylic acid

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What results from the reduction of a carboxylic acid?

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primary alcohol

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What results from the oxidation of a secondary alcohol?

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ketone

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What results from the oxidation of a tertiary alcohol?

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nothing, it cannot be oxidized

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What results from the reduction of a ketone?

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secondary alcohol

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What is formed from the reaction of a primary alcohol with PCC (Collin’s reagent)?

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Oxidation: aldehyde

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What is formed from the reaction of a secondary alcohol with potassium permanganate (KMnO4) and base?

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Oxidation: ketone

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What is formed when an ester is reacted with 1) LiAlH4 (lithium aluminum hydride), 2) NH4Cl?

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primary alcohol

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Which is more reactive: LiAlH4 or NaBH4?

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LiAlH4

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What carbonyl compounds can NaBH4 reduce?

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only aldehydes and ketones

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What carbonyl compounds can LiAlH4 reduce?

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all carbonyl compounds

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What is formed by the reaction of an aldehyde/ketone with HCl/Zn(Hg)?

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Clemmensen reduction: alkane

*must be acidic conditions

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What is formed by the reaction of an aldehyde/ketone with 1) HS(CH2)2SH, 2) Raney Ni

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an alkane

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What is formed by the reaction of an ester with NaBH4?

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nothing, they do not react.

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What does the term hydride indicate?

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hydrogen has a negative oxidation state

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What forms when an aldehyde reacts with a grignard nucleophile?

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secondary alcohol

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What forms when a ketone reacts with a Grignard nucleophile?

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tertiary alcohol

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What forms when carbonyls with a leaving group (esters, acid anhydrides, acid halides) reacts with a Grignard nucleophile?

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tertiary alcohol (grignard adds twice)

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What is the best solvent for grignard reagents and why?

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anhydrous ether solvent because grignard reagents are strong bases, so no protic hydrogens should be present

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What forms when carbon dioxide is reacted with a Grignard nucleophile?

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carboxylic acid

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Describe an aldol condensation mechanism from start to finish

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  • ketone/aldehydes’s alpha hydrogen is deprotonated
  • resulting carbanion attacks a second carbonyl compound, forming a hydroxy carbonyl compound
  • hydroxy carbonyl undergoes elimination under basic conditions to yield an α,β-unsaturated carbonyl
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When a ketone is asymmetric, what determines which side’s alpha hydrogen will be deprotonated in basic conditions?

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  • Steric hindrance: less substituted side will be the kinetic product (lower Eact of transition state)
  • Greater stability: more substituted side will be thermodynamic product (more negative ΔGrxn)
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In an aldol condensation, which product will be favored if reacted with a strong, bulky base and low temperatures?

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kinetic

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In an aldol condensation, which product will be favored when reacted with a strong, small base and high temperatures

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thermodynamic

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In the fourth step of glycolysis, what enzyme breaks a six-carbon β-hydroxyketone into two three-carbon fragments (DHAP and G3P)?

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aldolase

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How does the Claisen condensation differ from an aldol condensation?

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An ester is used rather than a ketone or aldehyde. Since it has a leaving group, it is a substitution reaction rather than an addition reaction.

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What reaction is involved in fatty acid synthesis between thioesters?

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claisen condensation

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What is the general result of transesterification?

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conversion of one ester into another by exchanging the alkoxy group, in either acidic or basic conditions

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What is the result of saponification of triglycerides?

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They are broken down into glycerol and fatty acids

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What reaction is responsible for the conversion of fatty acids and glycerol into fatty acids?

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transesterification

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What is the general result of the Wittig reaction?

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It converts a carbonyl into an alkene using phophonium ylide

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What is the general result of a pinacol rearrangement?

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conversion of a vicinal diol into a ketone by alkyl migration, which converts a tertiary carbocation into a resonance stabilized carbocation, in acid

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What is the general result of an iodoform reaction?

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methyl ketone reacts with iodine (I2) in the presence of a strong base, producing a carboxylate and iodoform

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What are the results of an iodoform test if it is positive?

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It will be a yellow precipitate, meaning the reactant was a methyl ketone.

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What is the general result of the Wolff-Kishner reduction?

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conversion of a ketone/aldehyde into an alkane using 1) hydrazine, 2) aqueous hydroxide

*must be basic conditions

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Hydrazine structure

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PCC structure

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What is a typical protecting group of ketones?

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ketals

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What is a typical protecting group of aldehydes?

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acetals

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What is a typical protecting group of alcohols?

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silyl ether

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What is the pKa of alpha protons in the middle of acetoacetic ester/malonic ester?

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~11

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acetoacetic ester structure

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102
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Malonic ester structure

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103
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When a β-ketoacid is heated, what results?

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Decarboxylation: carbon dioxide + tautomerized enol/ketone

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Is anabolism reductive or oxidative? Does it build up or break down a moledule?

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reductive, build-up

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Is catabolism reductive or oxidative? Does it build up or breakdown a molecule?

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oxidative, breakdown

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Where do reductions normally take place physiologically? What is one exception?

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in the cytoplasm, with the exception of glycolysis

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What are the two most common biological reducing agents?

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NADH, FADH2

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What are the two most common biological oxidizing agents?

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NAD+, FAD

109
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What is FADH2’s biochemical role?

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hydrogenation of pi bonds

110
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What is acetal coenzyme A’s biochemical role?

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transfer of an acetyl group to a biological species

111
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What is formed from the reaction of an alcohol with SOCl2 (thionyl chloride)?

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alkyl halide (X = Cl)

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What is formed from the reaction of alcohol with PBR3?

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alkyle halide (X = Br)

113
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What is a possibility when malonic ester is reacted with a reactant that has two nucleophilic sites?

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it may cyclize

114
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Where do oxidations normally take place physiologically?

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in the mitochondrial matrix

115
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acetate structure

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116
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What is formed when a carboxylic acid is reacted with SOCl2 (thionyl chloride)?

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acid chloride

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What is formed when an aldehyde is reacted with peroxyacids (or mcpba)?

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Baeyer-Villiger reaction: carboxylic acid

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