Lecture 15 - Electrophilic carbonyls 2 Flashcards
We can made esters from acyl chlorides. What are the reactants and products?
reactants: acyl chloride + alcohol
products: ester + HCl
Draw the mechanism for making an ester from an acyl chloride.
We can make esters from carboxylic acids. What are the reactants and products?
reactants: carboxylic acid + alcohol
products: ester + H+
Esters can be made from carboxylic acids as well as acyl chlorides. But, carboxylic acids are not very reactive so under what conditions does the reaction occur?
Acid catalyst- this protonates the carbonyl oxygen
Draw the mechanism for the production of an ester from a carboxylic acid
We can make amides from acyl chlorides. What are the reactants and products?
Reactants: acyl chloride + amine
Products: amides + HCl
Draw the mechanism for making an amide from an acyl chloride
Amides can be made from carboxylic acids. What are the reactants and products?
reactants: carboxylic acid + amine
product: ammonium carboxylate salt.
Draw reaction for making an amide from carboxylic acid
Nature makes amide bonds. Draw the mechanism for the production of glutamine from glutamate.
Acyl phosphate structure
What is a hydrolysis reaction?
a reaction where a molecule of water breaks one or more chemical bonds.
Acidic hydrolysis of an ester produces…
This is a fully …………… reaction
carboxylic acid and alcohol
reversible
Draw the mechanism for the acid hydrolysis of an ester.
Basic hydrolysis of an ester produces….
carboxylate ion and alcohol