Organic Chem Flashcards
at what conditions does a primary alcohol get dehydrated into alkene and release 1 water molecule
H2so4
170 - 180 C
product and conditions for weak dehydration of 2 primary alcohols
140 C h2so4
ether and water
what happens when we try to oxidize tertiary alcohol under extreme conditions
alcohol gets dehydrated into alkene, and is then cleaved and oxidized into 1 ketone and 1 aldehyde
what is used in sarrett’s oxidation of alcohols?
CrO3
pryidine
difference between sarrett’s and collin’s oxidation
collins also uses CH2Cl (dichloromethane) as a solvent along with cro3 and pyridine
describe jone’s oxidation of alcohol
cro3 (chromium oxide/trioxide/chromic acid)
H2SO4
and acetone is the solvent.
only one out of the 3 that further oxidizes aldehyde into carboxylic
cleavage of diols could be done w kmno4 to get carboxylic acid, could it be done with a weaker regant?
periodic acid (HIO4) gives us two aldehydes
what is the dichromate test for
detection of ethanol for drunk drivers
dichromate turns green from orange
acetalaldehyde is formed
what is the lucas test for
differentiation of tert/sec/primary alcohols
alcohol reacts with hcl under zinc chloride catalyst to give a clody/oily solution (RCL and h2o)
tert forms immediately whereas primary forms on heating
describe the results of the victor meyer’s test for the differentiation of alcohols
1 : blood red
2 : blue
3 : no color
how to synthesise ethers using williamson’s synthesis
2 steps
1. acid metal reaction bw alcohol and Na
2. React the sodium alkoxide formed RO-Na+ with R-X (alkyl halide) Sn2 to give us ether and NaX
how to syntheisise ethers using halogenoalkanes
React 2 RX with Ag2O at high temp. 2AGX form along with 1 ether
ethers react with acyl halides in the presences of …….. to give us?
ZnCl2 catalyst
RX and ester
ethers act as a nucleophile and a base to react with strong acid to produce
oxonium ion and then salt
(with hbr, h2so4)
not with HI tho, forms RI and alcohol instead
phenol when treated w conc h2so4 and then w conc hno3 give us
2,4,6 - nitrophenol
during hydration of alkenes to form alcohols, alkenes are first dissolved in?
conc h2so4
esterfication follows which reaction mechanism
nucleophillic sub
trans isomers have —- bp but —– mp
low bp due to non polar nature but high mp as they r closely packed
the type of isomerism that arises due to shifting of proton from one atom to another in the same molecule is called
tautomerism
how many organic compounds r known
over 6 million
aliphatic compounds is another name for
acyclic compounds
the wolf kishner reduction
ketone/aldehydes —-> alkane
NH2NH2
KOH alc
heat
on what basis do we determine which alkene reacts fastest w H2 under hydrogenation condition
the one w least stearic hinderance/ alkyl groups subsitituted on CC