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Chemical reactivity and mechanisms Flashcards

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Heterolytic bond cleavage

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Results in forming ions & use only a single head curved arrow

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Enthaply (ΔH)

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Heat at constant pressure

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Bond dissociation energy

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The energy required to break a covalent bond through hommolytic bond cleavage

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Homolytic Bond cleavage

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Results in forming two uncharged radicals (Use two half curved arrows)

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The ΔH0 is known as the ______________

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Standard bond dissociation (under standard conditions like 1 atm)

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Heat of reaction

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The total change in enthaply for a reaction

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Entropy

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Measure of disorder associated with a system

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Spontaneous reaction

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Increases total entropy (ΔStot = Ssys + Ssurr) (ΔStotal has to be positive for a reaction to be spontaneous)

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Between liquids, solids, & gases list it in increasing entropy

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Ssolid < Sliquid gas (from least to greatest)

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Under constant pressure what is the equation used for ΔSsurr ?

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ΔSsurr = -ΔHsys / T

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What is the equation for Gibbs free energy?

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ΔG = ΔH - TΔS (ΔG must be negative for a reaction to be spontaneous)

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Exergonic

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A reaction where ΔG is negative

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Endergonic

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A reaction where ΔG is positive

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Equilibrium constant (Keq)

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Keq = [Products] /[Reactants]

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Equation relating equilibrium constant to ΔG

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ΔG = -RTlnKeq

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With the equation relating ΔG & Keq if ΔG is negative then the __________ are favored (Keq > 1) & if ΔG is positive the _________ will be favored (Keq < 1)

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Products, Reactnats

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What is the rate equation?

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R = k[Reactants] (R = k[A] *[B]*)

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18
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What are the factors that affect the rate constant?

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  1. Energy Activation (Ea)
  2. Temperature
  3. Steric Considerations
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How does Ea (activation energy) affect the rate of a reaction?

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The activation energy is the minium energy required for a reaction to occur so the lower the Ea the faster the reaction & the larger the Ea the slower the reaction

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How does the temperature affect the rate of a reaction?

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The rate constant (k) is directly proportional to temp. & the rate of a reaction so increase the temp will increase the rate constant & speed up the rate of the reaction & vis versa when decreased

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Catalysts

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Speeds up the reaction without being consumed (Enzymes are a type of calalysts)

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Transition state on a energy diagram

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Highest peaks on the graph

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Intermediate on a energy diagram

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Peaks where it concaves up on the graph

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24
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The transition state is where the ____________ occurs where bonds are broken & formed

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Reaction

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25
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What is the Hammond Postulate?

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States that if the reactants are close in energy to the transition state then the transition state will look like the reactants (exothermic reaction) & if the products are close in energy to the transition state then the transition state will look like the products (endothermic reaction)

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Nucleophile

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Reacts with a positive charged atom & donates electrons (has a high electron density)

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Electrophile

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Reacts with a negative charged atom & accepts electrons (Low electron density)

28
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A ____________ shows how a reaction takes place using a curved arrows to show the flow of electrons (The tail shows where the electrons coming from & the head shows where its going to)

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Mechanism

29
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What are the patterns of a mechanism?

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  1. Nucleophilic Attack
  2. Loss of a leaving group
  3. Proton Transfer
  4. Rearrangments
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Nucleophilic Attack

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A nuclepphile attacking (donating electrons) to an electrophile

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Loss of a leaving group

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32
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Proton Transfer

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For a compound to lose a proton (transfer a proton (H) a base must be present to deprontonate the compound)

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Rearrangment (Carbocation arrangement)

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Carbocation are stabilized by neigboring alkyl groups & a prcoess calles hyperconjugation- stablizes the P orbitial

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What are the two types of rearrangments to stablize the carbocations?

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  1. Hydride shift (involves moving a hydrogen)
  2. Methyl shift (involves moving a methyl group)
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The terms primary, secondary, tertiary, represents the number of ________ groups attached directly to the positively charged atom

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Alkyl

36
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___________ carbocation are the most stable, & __________ are the least stable (secondary carbocation is in between the two)

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Tertiary, primary

37
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For a mehyl or hydride shift to occur they must be attacthed to a carbon atom that is ____________ to the carbocation

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Adjacent

38
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All mechanism are just a combination of the __________

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4 patterns

39
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When drawing the curved arrow the tail must either be on a bond or _________ & can never be on a __________

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Lone pair, positive charge

40
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The head of the curved arrow shows where the electrons are going to form a _________ or _________

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Bond or lone pair (Have to make sure dont break the octect rule)

41
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When predicting if a carbocation rearrangement (shift) can occur must determine wheteher the carbocation can become more ________ if a methyl or hydride shift was to occur

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Stable

42
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Reversible arrows

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Equilibrium arrows

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Irreverisble reaction arrows

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Forward arrows

44
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A reversible arrow is used if the nucleophile is capable of functioning as a _____________ after the nucleophilic attack

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A good leaving group

45
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A irrversible arrow is used if the nucleophile is a _______________

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Poor leaving group

46
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For a loss of a leaving group a reversible arrow is mostly used for the reaction but its used only if the leaving group is capable of functioning as a _____________

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Good nucleophile

47
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For a proton transer they are mostly drawn with a reversible arrow if the ________ difference is low

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pKa

48
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Irreversible arrows are used for a proton transfer when the pKa difference is greater than ______

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10 pKa

49
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Carbocation rearrangment are always drawn with an __________________ arrow

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Irreversible arrow (Beacuse stabilzing a secondary carbocation into a tertiary one)

50
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Free energy diagram gives us information on the ____________ & ________ of a reaction

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Spontaneity & Rate of reaction

51
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Stability & reactivity have a ___________ relationship

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Inverse relationship (increase the stability decreases the reactivity & vis versa)

52
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What are the 4 common indicators of a compound being reactive?

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  1. Formal charges
  2. net dipoles (partial charges)
  3. π bonds (have a good source of free electrons & wants give away)
  4. Steric affect (Ring strains)
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Negative charged atoms are called _____________

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Nucleophiles (donates electrons)

54
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Positive charged atoms are called ___________

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Electrophiles (Accepts electrons)

55
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The side of the dipole with the _______________ preference can be used to predict nucleophile or electrophile whenever there is no formal charges present

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Highest bond (whatever atom can form the most bonds)

56
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If a compound is not __________ then its neither nucleophile or electrophile

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Reactive

57
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_____________ can be both a nucleophile or electrophile depending on the atom its reacting with

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Water

58
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Reactive molecules react to become more ___________ & share two electrons

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Stable

59
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Electrons flow from regions of ____________ electron denisty to regions of ______________electron denisty

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High electron denisty (Nucleophile) , low electron density (Electrophile)

60
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________________ always attacks ___________ & the curved arrows shows 2 electrons being shared & an arrow will then be repalced with a sigma bond & bond breaking is only needed to protect the octect rule

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Nucleophile, electrophile

61
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Ring expansion (a type of carbocation rearrangment)

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Occurs when a carbocation is adjacent to a 3,4,5 or small ring & turns it into a larger ring

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