Organic Flashcards
What is a free radical
Any species with an unpaired electron
what is it called when covalent bond splits giving an electron to each
Homolytic fission
What is the first stage of free radical substitution
Initiation
Four stages of free radical substitution
Initiation
Propagation 1
Propagation 2
Termination
What acts as the electrophile in electrophillic addition of addition of halogens
The halogen ion
What happens when both electrons go to the bromide ion
Heterolytic fission
When can both a major and minor product be formed during electrophilic addition
When addition of hydrogen halides
When can only one product be made during electrophillic addition
Addition of a halogen
What is a nucleophile
A line pair donator
What do all nucleophiles have
A lone pair of electrons
What is produced at the end of nucleophilic substitution
Alcohol
What are the two product made during nucleophilic substitution
Alcohol and halogen ion
What acts as the nucleophile in nucleophilic substitution
hydroxide ion
Specifically the line electron pair on oxygen
what are the conditions of the hydrolysis of a halogenolkane through nucleophilic substitution
Ethanol (solubilises halogenalkane)
Aqueous hydroxide ions
what is the reaction and conditions turns halogenoalkanes to alkene
concentrated alcoholic KOH (potassium hydroxide)
hot
elimination
what reaction and conditions form diol from an alkene
oxidation
dilute acidified potassium manganate
room temp
temp and pressure to crack alkanes
70 atm
450-750
what is the mechanism of turning an alkene into a halogenoalkane
electrophilic addition
what is used to form a di-halogenoalkane from an alkene
halogen
what is the conditions to turn an alkene into an alcohol
reagent= steam
H3PO4 / phosphoric acid
what is the name of the process of turning an alkene into and alcohol
hydration
what is needed in the catalytic cracking of long chain alkanes
high temp/500
zeolite
what is the reagent to turn halogenoalkanes into alcohols and what is the reaction name
alcoholic KOH
nucleophilic substitution
what is the reaction to turn a halogenoalkane into a nitrile
nucleophilic substitution