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Ethers and Epoxides. Flashcards

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1
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What is the bond angle of water?

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105 Degrees.

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What is the bond angle of methanol?

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108.5 Degrees.

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What is the bond angle of dimethyl ether?

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112 Degrees.

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What is the bond angle of di tert butyl ether?

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132 Degrees.

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Are the boiling points of ethers closer to alkanes or alcohols?

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The boiling points of ethers are closer to alkanes than alcohols.

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What are the major contributors in the bonds of ethers, dipole dipole or dispersion forces?

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The dipole-dipole attractive forces are minor contributors. The dispersion forces are the major contributors to intermolecular attractions.

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Do ethers have hydrogen bonding?

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Ethers do not have OH groups hence the reason for the lack of hydrogen bonding.

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What is an ether?

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R-O-R.

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Are ethers soluble in water?

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Yes.

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When a Grignard reagent reacts with ethylene oxide, what is produced?

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A primary alcohol.

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Epoxide + LiAlH4 gives what?

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An alcohol.

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12
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When a Grignard reagent reacts with ethylene oxide the attack takes place on which carbon?

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The less substituted carbon.

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13
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Are ethers symmetrical or unsymmetrical?

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They can be both.

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14
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What molecular geometry do ethers have?

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Bent.

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15
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The oxygen on an ether has what hybridisation?

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SP3.

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16
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What is a heterocyclic ether?

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The oxygen is part of the ring.

17
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What is the Williamson Ether synthesis?

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This method involves an SN2 attack of the alkoxide on an unhindered primary halide or tosylate.

18
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What is a alkoxymercuration–Demercuration Reaction?

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Use mercuric acetate with an alcohol. The alcohol will react with the intermediate mercurinium ion by attacking the more substituted carbon.

19
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Why are ethers good solvents?

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Ethers are unreactive, which makes them ideal solvents for a lot of different reactions.

20
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How can ethers be cleaved?

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They can be cleaved by heating with HBr and HI.

21
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What is more reactive, HI or HBr?

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HI.

22
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How does a phenyl ether cleavage work?

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An alcohol is formed on the phenyl group as Phenol cannot react further to become halide because an SN2 reaction cannot occur on an sp2 carbon.

23
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What are sulfides?

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R-S-R.

24
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How are thiolates synthesised?

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Thiolates are easily synthesized by the Williamson ether synthesis, using dithiolate as the nucleophile.

25
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How are epoxides synthesised?

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Peroxyacids are used to convert alkenes to epoxides. Most commonly used peroxyacid is meta-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (MCPBA).

The reaction is carried out in an aprotic acid to prevent the opening of the epoxide.

26
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How will ethers enable unstable molecules to be used as reagents?

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Ethers will often form complexes with molecules that have vacant orbitals, enabling ‘unstable’ molecules to be used as reagents.

27
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What are crown ethers?

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Crown ethers are macrocyclic ethers, which help to solvate metal cations, and thus allow inorganic salts to dissolve in organic solvents.

28
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What are oxetanes?

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These are four membered rings with one oxygen.

29
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What are furans?

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These are five membered rings with one oxygen and two double bonds.

30
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What are pyrans?

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These are six membered rings with one oxygen and two double bonds.

31
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What are dioxanes?

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These are six membered rings with two oxygens.

32
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What are the 2 types of reactions that ethers can undergo?

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Cleavage and oxidation.

33
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Ether cleavage produces what?

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An alcohol and an alkyl halide.

34
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Phenyl ethers cleave to give what?

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Alkyl halides and phenols.

35
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Why does the reaction stop at the phenol stage?

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The reaction stops at the phenol stage since the sp2 carbon of the C-OH bond does not allow the required SN1 or SN2 reactions to generate the second molecule of aryl halide.

36
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What is one of the most common epoxidising reagents?

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MCPBA

37
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What reagents will attack ethers and epoxides?

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Grignard and organolithium reagents also attack epoxides at the least hindered carbon to generate alcohols.

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