Enolate chemistry (condensation and conjugate addition) Flashcards
Factors that effect the acidity of alpha carbons of various carbonyl compounds
Inductive effects
resonance localization
increasing electronegativity of the atom
Esters are ___ acidic than aldehydes or ketones
Less
ENolates are most nucleophilic at the
carbon
Nearly all of the negative charge on an enolate is on
the oxygen
overlap first then
deprotonation
enolate formation requires that the C-H bond
align parallel to the carbonyl bond
aligned enolates are
acidic
non aligned enolates are
not acidic
SN2 reactions are
MO controlled
MO controlled
for the reaciton ot proceed there should be good overlap oof the nucleophile and the sigma C-X bond of the electrophilek
keto-enol tautomerization via enolates mechanism
- Break C-H
- Form O-H
-Break C-O - Form C-C
- Form O-H
Deuterium
An isotope of hydrogen with one proton and one neutron in the nucleus having an atomic weight of 2.014
deuterium labelling does no occur on
the beta carbons
deuterium labelling
using deuterium to replace all hydrogens on a structure to label it
racemate
a mixture containing equal amounts of two enantiomers
racemization
the chemical reaction resulting in the conversion of L amino acids to D amino acids for amino acid dating
chiral center
carbon with four different substitutions and a lack a plane of symmetry
one conquesunce of enolates being flat
chiral centers on alpha carbon undergo reacemization
why does racemization occur
due to the ability of things to add to the top or bottom of an enolate
epimerization
the reversible the interconversion of epimers
epimer
diasteromers that differ at only one chiral center
diasteromer
stereoisomers that are NOT mirror images thus they have different physical properties and optical rotations
enolate
intermediate
stabilized by resonance
enol & base— enolate
unsymmetrical ketones can form
two different enolates
kinetic enolate
less substituted enolate
formed quickly
removal of an acidic alpha hydrogen
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kinetic control
a reaction in which the product ration is determined by the rate at which the products are formed
thermodynamic control
a reaction in which the product ratio is determined by the relative stability of the products
thermodynamic enolate
more substituted double bond
higher activation energy
more thermodynamically stable
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lithium di-isopropyl amide
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LDA is
strong bulky base
how to make a kinetic enolate
selectively using a strong bulky base at a low temperature
how to make a thermodynamic enolate
can make selectively by reading with RO-/ ROH and setting up an equilibrium mixture of enolates
less substituted alpha carbon will
be deprotonated faster
which could make deprotonation harder
steric interactions
kinetic vs thermodynamic energy diagram
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which enolate is less stable
kinetic enolate
which enolate is more stable
thermodynamic enolate
halogenation of enolates in thermodynamic conditions
substitution at the most substituted carbon