Organic Reactions Flashcards
Reagents and conditions for forming an alkane from an alkene
- hydrogenation
- react the alkene with hydrogen
- 150 degrees with nickel catalyst
Reagents and conditions for forming an alcohol from the hydration of an alkene
- use steam ( H20 )
- phosphoric acid catalyst
- 300 degrees and 60 atm
What oxidising agent is used to form an alcohol from an alkene
- acidified potassium manganate
- forming a diol
What forms from reacting an alkene with a hydrogen halide e.g HBr
- a halogenoalkane
What forms when we react an unsymmetrical alkene with a hydrogen halide e.g HBr
- we form a primary and a secondary carbonation intermediate
- secondary is more stable
- primary carbocation forms a primary halogenoalkane ( minor product )
- secondary carbocation forms a secondary halogenoalkane ( major product )
How do halogenoalkanes react with water
- nucleophilic substitution
- heat with water
- water acts as a nucleophile
- forming an alcohol + hydrogen ion + halide ion
Reagents and conditions to form an alcohol from a halogenoalkane
- nucleophilic substitution
- warm aqueous sodium hydroxide
- carried out by reflux
Reagents and conditions for reaction between halogenoalkane and cyanide ions
- nucleophilic substitution to form nitriles
- warm ethanolic potassium cyanide
- carried out by reflux
Products, reagents and conditions for reaction between halogenoalkanes and ammonia
- nucleophilic substitution to form an amine + ammonium ion ( NH4+ )
- heat with ethanolic ammonia
- must have excess ammonia in a sealed container
Reagents and conditions for forming an alkene from a halogenoalkane
- elimination reaction
- warm ethanolic sodium hydroxide
- carried out by reflux
- also forming water + halide ion
What are the two different organic products we can form when reacting a halogenoalkane with sodium hydroxide
- an alkene - using an ethanol solvent (elimination)
- an alcohol - using water as a solvent (nucleophilic substitution)
How do we form chloroalkanes from an alcohol
- react the alcohol with PCl5 or HCl
- using PCl5: ROH + PCl5 —> RCl + HCl + POCl3
- using HCl: ROH + HCl —> RCl + H2O
How do we form bromoalkanes from alcohols
- formed by nucleophilic substitution
- using halide ion source e.g. NaBr and concentrated sulfuric acid H2SO4
- the NaBr reacts with the sulfuric acid to form hydrogen bromide HBr
- HBr then reacts with the alcohol via nucleophilic substitution to form a bromoalkane + water
How do we form Iodoalkanes from alcohols
- react the alcohol with PI3
- 3ROH + PI3 —> 3RI + H3PO3
What forms from the dehydration of alcohols, state reagents and conditions
- alkenes
- using sulfuric acid catalyst
- ethanol + sulfuric acid —> ethene + water