Exam 3 Flashcards
two factors that tell us of a reaction is favorable
thermodynamics: is there enough energy?
kinetics: how fast?
enthalpy
- ΔH or q
- heat energy exchange between a reaction and it surroundings at a constant pressure
- also the amount of energy required to form or break bonds
endothermic
- ΔH>0
- energy is required from surroundings
- temperature decreases during reaction
exothermic
- ΔH<0
- reaction gave up energy the the surroundings
- temperature increases during reaction
entropy
- ΔS
- amount of disorder or randomness
ΔS<0
multiple molecules come together to form a smaller number of molecules
ΔS>0
smaller number of molecules break apart to form a larger number of molecules
gibbs free energy
- 🔼G
- measures spotaneity of a reaction by taking entropy and enthalpy into account
what does a negative 🔼G say about the reactants and products?
the reaction favors the products
factor affect reaction rate
- concentration of reactants
- Activation energy
- temperature
- geometry and sterics
- presence of a catalyst
What levels of activation energy are favorable?
small AE
what does A stand for in k=Ae^(-Ea/RT)
a factor taking geometry into consideration
what allows temperature to influence the rate of the reaction?
temperature affects the rate constant
transition state
- an energy maxima on a reaction pathway
- barely exist for a moment, cant be observed
- bonds are in the process of being broken and formed
- unstable af
exergonic reaction
- products are favored at equilibrium
- spontaneous
- products have lower amount of free energy than reactants
- 🔼G
- Keq>1
endergonic reaction
-reactants favored at equilibrium
-nonspontaneous
-products have more free
energy than reactants
-+🔼G
-Keq<1
intermediate
- state occurring at an energy minimum
- usually exist long enough to be observed
- bonds are not in the process of forming and breaking
- species are fully formed and can be isolated
which points on energy diagrams are structurally similar?
points that are close to each other
Hammond postulate
- In an exergonic process, the transition state is closer in energy to the reactants and therefore is more structurally similar to the reactants
- in an endergonic process, the transition state is closer in energy to the products and therefore more structurally similar to the products
nucleophile
- loves attacking nuclei
- atoms that carry partial negative charges, an available pair of electrons or a pi bond
- large atoms
- ARE electron dense
electrophile
- electron loving
- electron deficient
- can accept a pair of electrons, or has a + partial charge
- carbocations
what makes nucleophiles have have nucleophilic characteristics?
polarizability: ability of an atom to distribute its electron density unevenly in response to external influences
Which atoms can have a + charge and not be electrophiles?
O+ or other atoms with 4 bonds that would exceed the octet rule if the
nucleophilic attack
- has forms with 1 and 2 arrows
- nucleophile attacks an electrophile
- tails of arrows start on electron(- charge)
- head of the arrow ends on a nucleus(+ charge)
- electrons are shared, not transferred
loss of a leaving group
- a bond breaks and one atom from the bond takes both electrons
- almost always a halogen attached to a carbon
proton transfer
- acid/base reactions
- a base gets protonated: uses pair of electrons to take an H+ from the acid
- group gets deprotonated
- multiple arrows may be necessary
- first arrow starts from electrons of base to H
- first arrow ends at H
- second arrow starts at bond with H and ends at the other atom
hyperconjugation
- stabilization of carbocations by neighboring groups through slight orbital overlap in the same plane
- responsible for the stabilization of the staggered conformation alkenes over the eclipsed formation
What might happen before a molecule can react with a nucleophile?
intramolecularly arrange to become more stable
carbocation rearrangements
- types types: hydride shift and methyl shift
- only occur from an adjacent C
- 1 arrow moving 2 electrons
- MUST increase stability by looking at substititution
alkyl halides
- usually the substrate of substitution and elimination reactions
- C(alkyl) bonded to a halide
- always the substituents when naming using IUPAC
substrate role in reactions
- starting material
- predominately attacked in reactions
Iodine nomenclature
iodo
Br nomenclature
bromo
Cl nomenclature
chloro
F nomenclature
fluoro
where do substitutions occur?
alpha carbon
in what circumstances do substitution and elimination reactions compete with each other?
When a reagent can function as a nucleophile or a base
what is the most common type of carbon for a substitution or elimination reaction to occur at?
sp3 hybridized carbon atom
Functions of halogen in alkyl halide
- Withdraw electron density via induction making the carbon it is attached to electrophilic
- serve as a leaving group where substitution and elimination reactions can only occur when a leaving group is absent
how is electronegativity related to stability?
directly
what determine leaving group quality?
stability of the base
products of elimination reactions
alkenes
how do you know which carbon is the locant when naming alkenes?
the first carbon with the lowest number on the double bond is the locant
which alkenes are stable in rings with less than 8 atoms?
cis alkenes
what is special about an 8 membered alkene ring?
it is the smallest ring that can have a trans double bond and be stable at room temperature
What type of bonds are the pi bonds typically in an alkene ring and why?
usually cis/Z due to ring strain. true in all rings with less than 8 atoms
stability of cis vs trans isomers and why
trans isomers are more stable due to lack of steric strain, in trans formation the biggest groups are opposite of each other
Nucleophilic substitutions
- always involve nucleophilic attack and loss of a leaving group
- order can vary
- inclusion of proton transfer or rearrangement can vary
concerted substitution
nucleophile attacks and the leaving group leaves simultaneously
stepwise substitution
leaving group leaves then nucleophile attacks
Why can a nucleophilic attack occur first during a substitution reaction?
it would violate the octet rule
What does each part of Sn2 stand for?
S=substitution
N=nucleophilic
2=bimolecular
What effects a concerted Sn2 mechanism?
- kinetics
- substrate structure
- nucleophile strength
- solvent effects - stereochemistry
Kinetics of a concerted Sn2 reaction
- one step
- one transition state
Effects of substrate structure on kinetics of a concerted Sn2 reaction
Less sterically hindered electrophiles react more readily under Sn2 conditions because steric interactions cause the activation energy to increase which slows the reaction. More substituted slows the reaction
Effect of nucleophile on kinetics of an Sn2 concerted mechanism
- rate of reactions depends on concentration and strength of nucleophile
- strong nucleophiles speed up the reaction
- weak nucleophiles slow the reaction and give other reactions a chance to occur
- rate=k[substrate][nuc]
Factors affecting nucleophile strength
- Negative charge makes atoms more reactive when the nucleophilic atom is the same
- Atoms: less electronegative=stronger in the same row and larger=stronger in the same column due to polarizability
- smaller molecules are better nucleophiles, large molecules have a harder time fitting into smaller spaces
opposite of ARIO
characteristic of weak nucleophiles
neutral charge
polar aprotic solvents vs polar protic
polar protic solvents can H bond, aprotic solvents do not
effect of solvents on bimolecular processes
polar aprotic solvents promote bimolecular processes by stabilizing and surrounding the counterion that would attach to the nucleophile otherwise, leaving the nucleophile mostly naked and ready to attack the electrophile. This raises of the energy of the nucleophile/base and lowers the activation barrier
what happens in bimolecular processes when the solvent is polar protic
the counterion gets solvated