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Haloalkanes Flashcards

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1
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what condition is necessary for halogens to react with alkanes

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  • presence of ultraviolet light
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what forms when a halogen reacts with an alkane

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  • halogenoalkane and hydrogen halide
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what is a radical

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  • a reactive species due to the presence of an unpaired electron
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what is the 1st stage of the free radical substitution mechanism

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Initiation

  • ultraviolet light causes the covalent bond between the halogen atoms to break and create 2 halogen radicals
  • X₂→2X⚫
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what is the 2nd stage of the free radical substitution mechanism

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Propagation

1st propagation

  • the halogen radical reacts with the alkane and removes a hydrogen creating a hydrogen halide molecule
  • the alkane is left as an alkyl radical

2nd propagation

  • the alkyl radical reacts with a halogen molecule and creates a halogenoalkane and the remaining halogen atom is left as a halogen radical
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what is the 3rd stage of the free radical substitution mechanism

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Termination

  • two radicals react to make neutral compounds
  • alkyl + alkyl , alkyl + halogen or halogen + halogen
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what happens to the halogen radical at the end of the second propagation

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  • it goes on to react with another alkane molecule and 1st propagation is repeated
  • there will be a chain rection of propagations until you run out of halogen molecules or alkane
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what are chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

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  • halogenoalkanes containing both chlorine and fluorine atoms but no hydrogen
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features and uses of short chain chlorofluorocarbons

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  • gases at room temp
  • used in refrigerators
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uses of longer chain chlorofluorocarbons

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  • dry cleaning and as de-greasing solvents
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why are CFCs harmful to the environment

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  • they are very unreactive under normal conditions but in the atmosphere they are decomposed to give chlorine free radicals which destroy ozone
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how do CFCs destroy ozone

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  • the C-Cl bond breaks in the presence of UV light to produce a Cl radical
  • the Cl radical then decomposes ozone in the stratosphere
  • the resulting ClO radical decomposes more ozone and regenerates the Cl radical
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what is the overall equation for ozone breakdown

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2O₃→3O₂

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what are alternatives to CFCs

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  • hydrofluorocarbons which don’t contain chlorine and therefore can’t produce chlorine radicals
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what is the general formula of halogenoalkanes

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  • CnH2n+1X where X is the halogen
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what is a primary halogenoalkane?

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  • the halogen is bonded to a carbon that is bonded to only one other carbon
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what is a secondary halogenoalkane?

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  • the halogen is bonded to a carbon that is bonded to two other carbons
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what is a tertiary halogenoalkane?

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  • the halogen is bonded to a carbon that is bonded to three other carbons
19
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what is a mechanism

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  • a representation of the movement of a pair of electrons during a chemical reaction
20
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how do you show a pair of electrons moving

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  • a curly arrow starting from a bond or a lone pair of electrons and ending at the new location of the electron pair
21
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what is a nucleophile

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electron pair donor

22
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how does nucleophilic substitution work

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  • the halogen atom is more electronegative than the carbon atom its bonded to and so the electrons are more attracted to it
  • it becomes partially negatively charged while the carbon becomes partially positively charged
  • the nucleophile attacks the partially charged carbon and donates its lone pair of electrons forming a bond
  • the carbon halogen bond is broken forming a halide ion
23
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how do hydroxide ions work as a nucleophile (OH?)

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  • when halogenoalkanes are put in warm aqueous sodium / potassium hydroxide, alcohols are formed
24
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how do cyanide ions work as a nucleophile (CN?)

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  • when halogenoalkanes are put in warm aqueous ethanol solution / potassium cyanide, nitriles are formed
  • this adds an extra carbon to the chain
25
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how can you show the rate of hydrolysis of the haloalkanes

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  • gently heat seperate samples of 1-chloropropane, 1-bromopropane and 1-iodopropane
  • add an equal amount of aqueous sodium hydroxide and aqueous silver nitrate
  • time how long it takes for a precipitate (AgCl, AgBr, AgI) to form
26
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what is the trend of reactivity as you go down the group of haloalkanes and why

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  • reactivity increases as C-F is the strongest bond
  • Fluorine is the smallest atom of halogens therefore the shared electrons are much closer to the positive nucleus which results in a stronger bond
27
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how does excess ammonia (NH₃) work as a nucleophile

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halogenoalkanes warmed with excess ammonia in sealed container, primary amines are formed (NH₂)

  • overall equation:
    CH₃CH₂Br + 2NH₃ → CH₃CH₂NH₂ + NH₄Br
28
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how many further substitutions are there

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3

29
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what is a secondary amine

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-A secondary amine has the general formula R2NH.
- an ammonia molecule (NH3) in which two of the hydrogens have been replaced by alkyl groups.

30
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how are secondary amines formed

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  • The lone pair on the nitrogen in the primary amine attacks the + carbon exactly the same as the ammonia did. Bromine is lost as a bromide ion, and the immediate product is a salt called diethylammonium bromide
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what is a tertiary amine

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  • A tertiary amine has the general formula R3N.
    -an ammonia molecule in which all three of the hydrogens have been replaced by alkyl groups.
32
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how are tertiary amines formed

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  • the secondary amine still has an active lone pair of electrons on the nitrogen atom. That, in turn, can attack bromoethane if it happens to collide with it.
  • the organic product of this reaction is the tertiary amine, triethylamine
33
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what is a quaternary ammonium salt

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  • a quaternary ammonium salt is an ammonium salt (for example, NH4+ Br-) in which all the hydrogens have been replaced by an alkyl group
34
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how is a quaternary ammonium salt formed

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  • the tertiary amine still has an active lone pair on the nitrogen that can attack the + carbon in the bromoethane
  • this time there is nowhere else for the reaction to go. There is no longer a hydrogen atom on the nitrogen that an ammonia molecule could remove, and so the reaction finally comes to an end.
35
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what leads to a better yield of the primary amine

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  • a large excess of ammonia
36
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what leads to a high yield of quaternary ammonium salt

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  • a large excess of halogenoalkane
37
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what is usually obtained during these further substitution reactions

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  • a mixture of primary secondary tertiary and quaternary ammonium salts
38
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how can hydroxide ions act as a base during alternative elimination

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  • the hydroxide ion removes a hydrogen atom from an adjacent carbon to the halogen atom
  • next, the electrons in the carbon hydrogen bond move onto the carbon-carbon bond to create a double bond
  • finally, the electrons in the carbon-halogen bond move onto the halogen atoms breaking the bond and creating a halide ion
39
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what can happen during the elimination of asymmetrical halogenoalkanes

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  • two different alkene products being formed
  • (positional isomers)
40
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what factors can affect if a reaction undergoes elimination or substitution

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  • the structure of the halogenoalkane
  • the base strength of the nucleophile
  • the reaction conditions
41
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how does the structure of the halogenoalkane affect if a reaction undergoes elimination or substitution

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  • primary halogenoalkanes favour substitution
  • secondary halogenoalkanes favour both
  • tertiary halogenoalkanes favour elimination
42
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how does the base strength of the nucleophile affect if a reaction undergoes elimination or substitution

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as the strength of the base increases the chances of elimination increases
- using aqueous solution substitution is favoured
- using ethanolic solution elimination is favoured

43
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how does the reaction conditions affect if a reaction undergoes elimination or substitution

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the higher the temp, the greater the chance for elimination
- elimination is favoured by hot ethanolic conditions
- substitution is favoured by warm aqueous conditions

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