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Exam Unit 4 Flashcards

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enamines form from

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secondary amines

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aldol addition

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aldehyde + enol = beta hydroxyaldehyde

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imines form from

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ammonia or primary amines

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Make primary amines (4 ways)

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  1. CN + LAH
  2. amide + LAH
  3. Acid Chloride + NaN3 (Curtius)
  4. amide + Br3 KOH (Hoffman)
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Making Secondary amines

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Reductive Amination Only!

NaCNBH3 + aldehyde (R group attaches!)

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ketones in aldol rxns

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Only in acid or intramolecular.

Must be made irreversible.

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intramolecular aldol addition

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5 or 6 membered rings only
less hindered C is attacked.
more hindered C is attacked with ringed N bases.

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selectivity in aldol rxns

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NaOEt is not selective.

Use LDA to select enolate formation. H30+ will quench LDA and dehydrate alcohol

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claisen rxn

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ethers and ketones! Final enolization drives reaction, so 2 alpha protons on attacking group required.

Match bases to avoid transesterification, or do in acid.

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mixed claisen

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enolate forms from more acidic partner. (ketone over ester).

can’t do claisen with an aldehyde, unless ester is first selectively enolated before mixing.

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michael rxn

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makes 1,4 dicarbonyls. enolate attacks beta position on unsaturated michael acceptor

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good michael acceptors

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conjugated aldehydes, cyano, nitro, tertiary amides, esters, ketones

michael acceptors get attacked beta.

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bad michael acceptors

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primary, secondary amides, carboxylic acids (protons will quench rxn), acid chlorides (funnels to (1,2) product)

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robinson annulation

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michael then enol condensation (first protonate then deprotonate to move enolate to other side). Makes 6 membered ring.

  • *limited to cyclic ketones: second enolation selectivity
  • **don’t use a strong base like LDA, or you’ll get stuck w/out a ring. Use NaOEt.
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stork enamine synthesis

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acid catalyzed condensation of secondary amine with aldehyde or ketone

  • can be added to, alpha, by alkyl halide
  • can be added to enone via michael-like rxn
  • acyl chlorides can add alpha, but need 2 eqs (to clear N-acylated product)
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mannich rxn

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makes beta-ketoamines

three parts: ketone, aldehyde and amine. amine and aldehyde form imminium ion, ketone enolates and attacks.

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keys to mannich

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  • **nucleophilicity of amine competes with aldol addition
  • *can be intramolecular
  • iminium formation fastest at pH 4.5
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reductive amination

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make secondary amine by treating primary with NaCNBH3 and formaldehyde.

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Gabriel amine sythesis

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use alkyl halides to add R groups to “masked” amines to avoid multiple acylations.

cleave with H2N-NH2, heat (forms attached amines in ring)
or NaOH, H2O (leaves open ring with O-)

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Azide Reduction

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  1. LAH, H3O+ (will reduce carbonyls, too)
  2. H2Pd/C (will reduce double bonds, and benzylic ketones, too)
  3. PPH3, H2O (will substitute alkyl halides, too)
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Hoffman Rearrangement

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Amide to primary amine, loss of one carbon.

NaOH, Br2, H2O

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Curtius Rearrangement

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Acid Chloride to primary amine.

NaN3, H2O

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Hoffman elimination

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  1. MeI excess, pyr.
  2. Ag2O, H2O

generates least substituted product.

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Making tertiary amines

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make secondary (via reductive amination), then add another through R.A., or RX, NaH

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Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution: Halogen to Amine

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Use NaN3, then reduce

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When to dehydrate?

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ketone and ester additions aren’t favored until dehydrated.

in acid? always dehydrate.

in base? secondary alcohol + heat = condensation
tertiary alcohol will not condense! (NR in base)

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1,4 carbon nucleophiles

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must be gilman reagents (Me2CuLi)

27
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Grignard reagents attack beta?

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No! 1, 2 only

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Why are reaarrangements favored?

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thermodynamics: get rid of CO2

29
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most to least basic amines.

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  1. on ring (primary most, then secondary)
  2. near inductive EWGs
  3. aromatic with EDG O/P
  4. aromatic with EDG M
  5. aromatic with t-butyl O/P
  6. aromatic with halogen O/P
  7. aromatic
  8. aromatic with EWG M
  9. aromatic with EWG O/P
30
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Do inductive EWGs change selectivity of an aldol addition?

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Nope. Still four products.

31
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Reopening a ring: Four steps

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  1. OH- attacks DB, sends - up to carbonyl
  2. O- sends down charge, enolate DB grabs proton from solvent
  3. base deprotonates hydroxyl
  4. O- sends down charge to break bond.
32
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Replace ester with amine

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add amine you want with an extra H (HNMe2, for example)

33
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Who needs a workup?

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Gilman
Wolff Kishner
All additions/condensations

34
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Ethers hang off after addition?

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No, and no conjugation. Just another carbonyl.

35
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Wolff-Kishner

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Turns carbonyl into double bond.

  1. H2NNH2, H+ [-H2O]
  2. KOH/H2O, workup.
36
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POCl3

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with pyridine, turns alcohols into alkenes.

37
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Trade an OH for an I

38
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Carbonyl to Cyano group

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Mannich,
Br to KCN 18-C-6
NH3 and heat

39
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Why does the Hofmann product form?

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a beta H must be removed in elimination. Since the N species is so bulky, it goes for the least hindered proton.

40
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greater s character?

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less basicity

41
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Adding NH2 at alpha position

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  1. LDA, Br2
  2. NaN3
  3. reduction: PPh3 and heat, LAH, or H2 Pd/C
42
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Replace carbonyl O with amine

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add desired amine, H+, NaCNBH3, workup.

43
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Hoffman v. Curtius

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Hoffman, with Br2 and whatnot, is less selective than Curtius.

44
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Ousted amine in Hoffman elimination

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has three constituent alkyl groups.

45
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More basic: aromatic with N or heteroaromatic with N and S

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N and S is more basic. No one knows why.

46
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More basic: NEt2H or NEtH2

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NEt2H, but no one knows why.

47
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Stork alklyation

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NH in 5 ring, +H [-H2O]

then desired alkyl halide, workup

48
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Why is NaCNBH3 different than NaBH4?

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EWD CN makes the H- ion less reactive

49
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cross aldol selectively?

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One partner does not have 2 alpha Hs, and the second is dripped in slowly, to prevent rxn with itself.

50
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stork acylation v. alkylation

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acylation can self correct, so it has higher laboratory yields.

51
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Giving functionality from nothing but a double bond

52
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Adding an amine to beta position (alpha beta unsaturated)

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Desired amine, pyridine and heat.

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