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(ΔG) Gibbs Free Energy

(Basic Definition and Types of Reaction)

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Ultimate Determinant for whether a reaction will happen

(+) Endergonic reaction (unfavorable)

(-) Exergonic reaction (favorable)

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(TΔS) Entropy

(Basic Definition and Reaction Types)

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“Disorder”/ Change in number of molecules

(+ΔS)= favorable

(-ΔS) = unfavorable

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(ΔH) Enthalpy

(Basic Defintion and Reaction Types)

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bonds breaking/ forming

(+) = Endothermic Rxn (unfavorable)

(-) = Exothermic Rxn (favorable)

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Enthalpy (ΔH or q)

Definition

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The heat energy exchange between the reaction and it surroundings

Breaking a bond (bond cleavage) requires the system to absorb energy

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Bond Cleavage

(Two Types)

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  • Homolytic: occurs with equal sharing of electrons. Forms two uncharged radicals
  • Heterolytic: unequal splitting/ sharing of electrons. Forms two ions
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Bond Dissociation Energy (BDE)

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or ΔH for bond breaking refers to homolytic cleavage

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How do you calculate the heat of reaction?

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can calculate by subtracting BDEs for bonds formed from the sum of BDEs of bonds broken.

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Entropy ΔS

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  • exothermic and endothermic rxns can occur spontaneously
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What two factors most significantly affect ΔS and make it positive?

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  1. When there are more moles of product than reactant
  2. When a cyclic compound becomes acyclic
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ΔG

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  • Gibbs Free Energy
  • A negative value of G means the reaction is spontaneous
  • A positive value is nonspontaneous
  • temperature sensitive
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Negative ΔG

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Spontaneous, Exergonic

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Positive ΔG

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non spontaneous, endergonic

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Spontaneous Reaction

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  • ΔG < 0
  • [products]>[reactants]
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Keq

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Keq=[products/reactants]
- Keq>1, the rxn favors the products
- Keq <1, the reaction favors the reactants

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What are the five factors that influence reaction kinetics?

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  1. concentrations of the reactants
  2. activation energy
  3. temperature
  4. Geometry and sterics
  5. presence of a catalyst
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What does the reaction constant k depend on?

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the activation energy, temperature, and sterics
larger k = faster rate

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Catalyst

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  • speed up a reaction but are not consumed in the process
  • act to decrease the activation energy (altering kinetics) but having no impact on the delta G
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Transition States

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  • fleeting existence, cannot be isolated
  • represents every maxima, point of bonds breaking/forming
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Hammond Postulate

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  • For an exothermic reaction, transition state resembles reactants
  • For an endothermic reaction, transition state resembles products
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Nucleophile

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  • electron rich species, can donate a pair of electrons
  • Lewis bases (carry a lone pair of electrons)
  • More polarizable nuleophile=stronger nucleophile
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Electrophile

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  • electron deficient species
  • can accept a pair of electrons
  • Lewis acids
  • Carbocations and partially positive atoms are electrophilic
22
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What is the purpose of a reaction mechanism?

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Stepwise description of chemical reactions

23
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What are the four major types of arrow pushing patterns?

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  • nucleophilic attack
  • Loss of a leaving group
  • proton transfer
  • carbocation rearrangement
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Nucleophilic Attack

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the electron pusing arrow starts at the nucleophile and points towards the electrophile

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Loss of a Leaving Group

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Electrons from a bond relocate to the departing atom/group

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Proton Transfer

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Any time hydrogen is moving around, likely a proton transfer

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Carbocation rearrangements

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  • positive charge on a carbon is stabilized by having more alkyl groups around (hyperconjugation)
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Methyl Shift or Hydride Shift

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methyl groups or hydrogens can rearrange to produce a more stable carbocation

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Hyperconjugation

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having more electron density near by (more stuff) stabilizes a (+) charge

30
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Two major types of organic reactions

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substitution and elimination
- frequently involving alkyl halides

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Alkyl Halides

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  • aka haloalkanes or organohalides
  • great for substitution because:
  • the carbon adjacent to the halogen is electrophilic
  • Some halogens are great leaving groups (conjugate base of a strong acid)
32
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Sn2 Reactions

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a bimolecular substitution reactoin that has a concerted mechanism
- Rate=k[alkyl halide][nucleophile]

33
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alpha carbon

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  • ## the electrophile attached to the halogen
34
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What happens if the alpha carbon is a chiral center?

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the steriochemistry is inverted

35
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What is the effect of more substitution on the alpha and beta carbons?

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It decreases the reactivity of the alkyl halide.

3 prime is unreactive, 1 prime is most reactive

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What is Nucleophilicity?

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the rate at which a nucleophile will attack an electrophile
- strong nucleophile needed for SN2 Reaction

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E2 Reaction

- What happens
- Outcome
- Reaction Rate

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  • favored in the presence of a strong base (OH-, OEt -, t-BuO-)
  • Alkyl halides lose both the halogen and a hydrogen from the beta carbon in a process called B elimination
  • Outcome: double bond between alpha and beta carbon
  • Rate=k[strong base][alkyl halide]
  • prefers more substituted alkyl halides
38
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Stability of Alkenes

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  • trans alkenes are more stable than cis
  • more substituted alkanes are more stable to due hyperconjugation (stabilizing the electrons in the double bond)
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What is regiochemistry?

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an area of a reaction where the changes occur

40
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What is regioselective?

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reaction favors one direction/location for the reaction to occur on the molecule

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Zaitsev Product

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  • double bond forms towards the MORE substituted side (more stable product)
  • Favored by using small, strong bases
  • Ex: (OH-, OEt-)
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Hoffman Product

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  • Double bond forms towards the Less substituted side (less stable product)
  • Favored by using big, bulky bases (t-BuO-)
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Stereoselectivity

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  • When there is more than one beta hydrogen on the same carbon, can form cis or trans product
  • selective for trans product
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Stereospecific

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  • If there is only one beta hydrogen, only one product can form
  • Double bond forms when the halogen and beta hydrogen are coplanar or periplanar (aligned in space)
45
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What type of mechanism is SN2 and E2 reactions

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  • concerted mechanism, one step
46
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What type of mechanism is SN1 and E1

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multistep mechanism

47
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What is solvolysis?

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  • a reaction with a solvent
48
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What are some traits of SN1 and E1 reactions?

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  • primarily seen with tertiary alkyl halides
  • frequently a reaction with a solvent
  • proceeds through a carbocation intermediate
  • unimolecular kinetics
  • Rate=[alkyl halide]
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What is unimolecular kinetics?

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a rate that depends on the concentration of only one reactant

50
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What type of reaction does heat favor?

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elimation reaction

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