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Esters

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-carboxylic acid derivative
- ester group, COO
- oate ending

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Esterification

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condensation reaction between carboxylic acid and alcohol, with conc H2SO4 as a catalyst
- reversible reaction
- slow + needs heat under reflux
-low yields

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Esterification other method

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reacting acid anhydrides (another carboxylic acid derivative) and alcohols at room temperature.

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Hydrolysis of Esters

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  • reforms carboxylic acid by using either dilute acid or dilute alkali
  • when heated under reflux with dilute acid, equilibrium mixture forms so reaction is reversible
  • reaction is irreversible with dilute alkali as the ester is fully hydrolysed
  • carboxylate salt is first produced, needs further acidification to form carboxylic acid
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Acyl chlorides

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  • contain -COCL functional group
  • prepared from reaction of carboxylic acids with Liquid Sulfur dichloride oxide (SOCL2)
  • reaction makes acyl chloride + SO2 + HCL
  • increased reactivity of acyl chlorides compared to carboxylic acids
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Formation of Esters from Acyl Chlorides

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  • react with alcohols and phenols( requires heat and a base) to form esters
  • faster reaction than cooh
  • ADD/ELIM reaction
  • alcohol or phenol ADD across C=O bond
  • HCL mol is ELIM
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Uses of Acyl Chlorides

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  • addition-elimination reactions: addition of a small molecule across the C=O bond takes place, followed by the elimination of a small molecule
  • Hydrolysis
  • Reaction w alcohols and phenols to form esters
  • Reaction w ammonia and amines to form amides
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Hydrolysis of Acyl Chlorides

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  • formation of a carboxylic acid and HCL molecule
  • ADD/ELIM reaction
  • H2O adds across C=O, HCL molecule is ELIM
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Formation of Amides from Acyl Chlorides

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  • form from condensation reactions with amines and ammonia
  • N atom has a lone pair of E- that can attack the carbonyl C atom in acyl chlorides
  • Primary amide (when reacted w ammonia)
    -Secondary amide (when reacted with primary amines)
    -ADD/ELIM
  • amine/ ammonia mol ADD across C=O bond
  • HCL mol is ELIM
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Amines

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  • no of substituted H is basis for classifying amines
    -amine prefix
  • N atom in ammonia or amine can accept a proton (H+ ion)
  • Therefore act as bases in aqueous solutions as they donate its lone pair of electrons to form a dative bond
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Preparing Amines

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  • reaction of halogenoalkanes with ammonia
  • Reduction of nitriles
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Reaction of halogenoalkanes with ammonia

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  • Nuc Sub reaction
  • Lone pair on N acts as a nucleophile and replaces the halogen ( with NH2)
  • excess, hot ethanolic ammonia under pressure, primary amine is formed
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Reduction of nitriles

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  • nitriles contain a -CN functional group which can be reduced to a -NH2 group
  • nitrile vapour and H2 Gas are passed over a Ni catalyst or LiAlH4 in dry ether to form primary amine
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Reaction of halogenoalkanes with primary amine

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  • NUC SUB, N in primary amine acts as nucleophile and replaces halogen
  • halogenoalkane + primary amine in ethanol and heated under pressure, secondary amine is formed
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Preparing Aromatic Amines

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  • Nitrobenzene (C6H5NO2) can be reduced to phenylamine (C6H5NH2)
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Stage 1- Reduction of Nitrobenzene

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  • react nitrobenzene with Tin, Sn and conc HCL (Sn and HCL act as reducing agents)
  • heat under reflux
  • phenulammonium ions, C6H5NH3+ are protonated due to acidic conditions
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Stage 2- Formation of phenylamine

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  • phenylammonium ions, C6H5NH3+ are deprotonated by the addition of excess sodium hydroxide solution, NaOH (aq)
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Amino acids

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  • organic compounds
  • 2 functional groups: basic amino (-NH2) group and an acidic carboxylic acid (-COOH) group
  • amphoteric, can act as acid + base
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Naturally occurring amino acids

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  • 20 naturally occurring amino acids with general formula RCH(NH2)COOH
  • R group varies in different amino acids, can be acidic, basic or neutral
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Reactions of the amine group in amino acids

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  • amine group is basic, reacts with acids to make salts
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Reactions with the carboxylic acid group in amino acids

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  • amino acid reacts with aqueous alkali, such as sodium or potassium hydroxide, to form a salt and water
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Esterification with alcohols- AA

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  • can be esterified by heating with alcohol in the presences of conc sulfuric acid
  • carboxylic acid group is esterified whilst the basic amine group is protonated due to the acidic conditions
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Amides

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  • formed from condensation reaction of carboxylic acids or acyl chlorides with ammonia or amines
  • general structure RCONR2
  • add -amide to end for primary amides
  • for secondary amides, alkyl chain attached to the N is added at the start. alkyl chain is prefixed N- then -amide
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stereoisomers

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  • molecules that have the same structural formula but have atoms arranged differently in space
  • 2 types, Geometrical (E/Z) and Optical
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Chiral centre

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  • a carbon atom that has four different atoms of groups of atoms attached to its centre
  • compounds with a chiral centre exist as 2 optical isomers (also known as enantiomers)
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Enantiomers

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  • non-superimposable mirror images of each other
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Condensation polymers

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  • polymer is produced by repeated condensation reactions between monomers
  • can be identified because the monomers are linked by ester or amide bonds
    can be formed by:
    -dicarboxylic acids and diols
    -dicarboxylic acids and diamines
  • amino acids
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Polyester

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  • formed by the reaction between dicarboxylic acid monomers and diol monomers
  • Polyester is produced by linking these monomers with ester bonds/links
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Formation of polyesters

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diol (2 OH groups) + carboxylic acid (2 COOH groups)
- when polyester forms, one of the -OH groups on diol and H atom of -COOH are expelled as H2O mol
- results in polyester

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Formation of polyesters - hydroxycarboxylic acids

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hydroxycarboxylic acids contain: alcohol group at one end and carboxylic acid group at other end
- they join to each other to make polyester

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Polyamides

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  • polymers where repeated units are bonded together by amide links
  • formula of an amide group is -C=ONH
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Polyamide monomers

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  • diamine (2 -NH2 groups) and dicarboxylic acid ( 2 COOH ) are required to form polyamide
  • dioyl dichlorides ( 2 -COCl) can also be used to react with diamine instead of the acid; more reactive but more expensive
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Amino acids- formation of proteins

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  • dipeptides can be produced by polymerising 2 amino acids together: amine group (-NH2) and acid group (-COOH) of each amino acid is used to polymerise with another amino acid
  • polypeptides are made through polymerising more than 2 amino acids together
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Biodegradable polymers

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  • both polyesters and polyamides can be broken down using hydrolysis reactions
  • major advantage over the polymers produced using alkene monomers (polyalkenes)
  • they can be broken down easily and their products used for other applications
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Hydrolysis of polyamides

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  • in acidic hydrolysis, an acid such as HCL acts as the catalyst: polyamides such as Kevlar are heated with dilute acid, breaking the polyamide into a dicarboxylic acid and ammonium ions
  • In alkaline hydrolysis, the polyamide is heated with a species containing hydroxide ions (eg NaOH), breaking the polymer into the sodium salts of its monomers (dicarboxylic acid salt and diamines)
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Hydrolysis of polyesters

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  • acid hydrolysis (H+/H2O) form the diol and carboxylic acid
  • alkaline hydrolysis (NaOH/H2O) forms the diol and carboxylic acid salt
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Formation of Nitriles

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  • nucleophile in this reaction is the cyanide, CN- ion
  • Ethanolic solution of potassium cyanide (KCN in ethanol) is heated under reflux with the halogenoalkane
  • The product is a nitrile
  • The nuc sub of halogenoalkanes with KCN adds an extra C atom to the C chain
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Addition of HCN to carbonyl compounds

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  • NUC/ADD of HCN to carbonyl compounds is a 2 step process
    Step 1: cyanide ion attacks carbonyl carbon to form a negatively charged intermediate
    Step 2 : negatively charged oxygen atom in the reactive intermediate quickly reacts with aqueous H+ (either from HCN, water or dilute acid) to form 2- hydroxynitrile compounds
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Hydrolysis of Nitriles

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  • nitriles are hydrolysed by either dilute acid or dilute alkali followed by acidification
    hydrolysis by dilute acid: forms carboxylic acid and ammonium salt
    hydrolysis by dilute alkali: forms sodium carboxylate salt and ammonia: acidification is required to change carboxylate ion into a carboxylic acid
    CN group converted to -COOH group
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Reduction of Nitriles

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