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EAS Halogenation

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benzene reacts with halogen to form halobenzene in presences of lewis acid catalyst

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EAS nitration

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benzene reacts with nitronium ion, NO2+, from HNO3/H2SO4 to give nitrobenzenes

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EAS sulfonation

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benzene reacts with sulfonium, HSO3+, ions in hot, concentrated H2SO4 to give benzene sulfonic acid

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Friedel-Crafts Alkylation

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Benzene reacts with alkyl halides in presence of lewis acid to give alkylbenzene

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Friedel-Crafts Acylation

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Benzene reacts with acyl halides in presence of lewis acid catalyst to give phenyl ketones

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Wolff-Kishner Reduction

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basic reduction of phenyl ketone to alkyl benzene with hydrazine and KOH

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Clemmenson Reduction

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Acidic reduction of phenyl ketone to alkyl benzene with Zn(Hg) and HCl

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Benzylic Oxidation

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strong oxidizing agents convert alkyl substituents into carboxylic acids in acidic conditions e.g. KMnO4, NaCr2O7.
- Must have alpha/benzylic hydrogen

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Induction vs Resonance

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induction: movement of electron density through sigma bonds.
Resonance: delocalisation of electron pair through conjugation

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Electron withdrawing groups

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  • are more electronegative, positively charged or are conjugated.
  • Decrease electron density in rings, reducing nucleophilicity, slowing reactions, preventing alkylation/acylation.
  • Deactivating, meta-directors. E.g. C=O, NO2, SO3 (X are EWG though o-p directors)
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Hyperconjugation

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  • partial overlap of sigma bonds with carbocation p orbital, allowing for partial delocalisation inductively.
  • Stabilises carbocation, lowering activation energy, and leading to Markovnikov’s rule: the most substituted carbocation forms preferentially
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Carbocation Rearrangemnet

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  • rearrangement to adjacent carbons if can form more substituted/stable carbocation. - 1,2-hydride shift unless no hydrogens then 1,2-alkyl shift
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Hydroboration

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  • reaction of alkene with BH3 followed by oxidation (H2O2, OH-) to give anti-markovnikov alcohol.
  • Concerted addition of BH3 where H- adds to most stable, positive carbon (most substituted)
  • BH3 adds to less substituted/steric carbon
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Epoxidation of alkenes

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  • reaction of alkene with peracid (m-CPBA) gives epoxids.

- Concerted mechanism results in syn addition.

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Enamine Synthesis

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  • reaction of aldehyde/ketone with secondary amines.
  • Similary reactivity to enolate/enols
  • Can be hydrolysed back to carbonyl with acid.
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Aldol Reaction

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  • nucleophilic addition of an enolate/enol to an aldehyde/ketone.
  • Forms tertiary alcohol product
  • readily dehydrates to a,b-unsaturated carbonyl (stabilized by conjugation) if heated with acid or excess base.
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Claisen Condensation

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  • reaction of enolate/enol with ester to form beta-keto ester by substitution.
  • Product more acidic than reactant, hence quench with acid.
  • Beta-keto esters readily undergo decarboxylation when heated with acid.
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Controlling mixed aldol/claisen

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  1. use an aldehyde/ketone with no alpha hydrogen as electrophile
  2. use a strong base to form enolate completely before adding electrophile
  3. use a stronger electrophile to react with enolate e.g. aldehydes
  4. use a more acidic carbonyl that forms the enolate predominately
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Michael Reaction

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  • addition of enolate to a,b-unsaturated ketones forming 1,5-dicarbonyl.
  • The beta carbon is electrophilic due to resonance (latent polarity)
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Robinson Annulation

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Is a michael reaction followed by an intramolecular aldol to form a cyclohex-en-one

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Decarboxylation

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  • beta-keto carboxylates undergo decarboxylation when heated forming an enolate.
  • Under acidic conditions decarboxylation is facilitated by a proton transfer forming an enol/ketone
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Wittig Reaction

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  • phosphonium ylide reacts with carbonyls to form alkene.
  • Mechanism suspected to involve 4 member transition.
  • Ylide formed by Sn2 of alkyl halide with PPh3 followed by deprotonation.
  • Stabilised (conjugated, aryl substituent) ylides form the more stable trans alkene.
  • Unstabilizedd ylides form cis alkenes
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Sn2

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2 reagent, single step substitution with stereochemical inversion

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Sn2 Reactivity Factors

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  • less steric hinderance = more reactive (tertiary unreactive).
  • Weaker leaving group bond = more reactive (I > Br > Cl).
  • Stronger, unhindered nucleophile = faster reaction
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Sn1

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  • 1 reagent start, 2 step substitution with carbocation intermediate.
  • Symmetrical Trigonal planar carbocation creates racemic mixture.
  • Dissociation is RDS.
  • Carbocation may undergo rearrangement.
  • Reactivity determined by carbocation stability (primary unreactive)
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Sn1 vs Sn2

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  • for secondary akyl halide both are in competition.
  • Increasing nucleophile concentration favours Sn2 (increases rate).
  • Polar protic solvent favour Sn1 (stabilise carbocation, congest nucleophile).
  • Sterically hindered nucleophilles also favour Sn1 but sterics determine whether acts as nucleophile or base
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E1

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  • R-X spontaneously breaks to form carbocation which is deprotonated.
  • Always forms most substituted alkene.
  • Favoured by sterically bulky alkyl halides.
  • Succeptible to carbocation rearrangement.
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E2

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  • base abstracts proton as leaving group dissociates.
  • Strongly basic, sterically hindered nucleophiles favour E2.
  • Favours most substituted but abstracts proton from opposite side/antiperiplanar so always trans.
  • Sterically hindered bases/no anti hydrogen can lead to less substituted alkene
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Sn2 vs E2

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  • Secondary halides undergo substitution/elimination simultaneously.
  • Sterically encumbered bases/nucleophiles favour elimination.
  • Elimination is also entropically favour. High temps = E2, low temps = Sn2
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Alcohol Leaving Groups

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  • react to Mesylate/Tosylate to form strong leaving group with same stereochemistry.
  • Alternatively, react with SOCl2 to form alkyl chloride with inverted stereochemistry.
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Organocopper reagents

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  • less nucleophilic than other organometallics (RMg, Rli),
  • don’t react with carbonyls, chemeoselective.
  • Formed by reacting with more electropositive organolmetalloids. Rli + Cu -> R2CuLi
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Organocopper reactions

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  1. react with alkyl halides/epoxides to from coupled product
  2. react with acid chlorides in substition to ketone
  3. react with a,b-unsaturated carbonyls to add trans at beta carbon.
33
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Alkene Synthesis

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Wittig reaction, julia olefination, Wadsworth-Emmons olefination,

34
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Wittig Pros cons

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Pros: can form both cis and trans alkenes, simple reagents.
Cons: have to change alkyl group to get selectivitys, poor atom economy.

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Julia olefination

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Reaction of heteroaryl sulfone with carbonyl to form trans alkene under basic conditions.

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Wadworth emmons olefination

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  • variation of Wittig where ylide replaced by beta-oxophonate to form trans alkenes under basic conditions.
  • Alkyl group must have EWG e.g. ester.
  • Destabilising square intermediate can yield kinetic cis alkene e.g. adding EWG to phosphate.
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Amine Synthesis

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  1. Ammonia and alkyl halide (generally mixture, not great)
  2. azide reduction (primary amines)
  3. Gabreil Synthesis (primary)
  4. amide reduction (any)
  5. nitrile reduction (primary)
  6. imine reduction (primary, secondary)
  7. enamine reduction (tertiary)
38
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Barton ester decarboxylation

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radical removal of carboxylate group via formation of barton’s ester which is reacted with AIBN/Bu3SnH

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Huckels Rules

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  1. The molecule is cyclic (a ring of atoms)
  2. The molecule is planar (all atoms in the molecule lie in the same plane)
  3. The molecule is fully conjugated (p orbitals at every atom in the ring)
  4. The molecule has 4n+2 π electrons (n=0 or any positive integer)
40
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Paul-Knorr Synthesis

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prepare heterocycles by condensation between 1,4-dicarbonyl and NH3/P2O5/P2S5

41
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Diels Alder

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reaction of diene and dienophile to form cyclohexene. [4+2] cycloaddition. Concerted P orbital overlap mechanism means same stereochemistry as reactants.

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Cope Rearrangement

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  • [3,3] sigmatropic rearrangement of a 1,5-diene. Shifts 3 atoms and 3 positions.
  • Equilibrium favours lower ring/angle strain and the product with stronger bonds e.g. C=O
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Oxy-Cope Rearrangement

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is a cope rearrangement with a hydroxy group at the 3 position.
Tautomerisation to carbonyl strongly favours rearrangement even at mild conditions

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Anionic Oxy-Cope Rearrangement

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hydroxy group at 3 position is deprontonate by strong base. Rearrangement to enolate intermediate that protonates to carbonyl. Due to derpotonation reaction is non-reversible and fast

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Claisen Rearrangement

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[3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of allyl vinyl ether, i.e. heterocyle with oxygen at 3 position. Rearrangment forms a carbonyl.

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Ireland-Claisen Rearrangement

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claisen rearrangement but with an ester and under basic conditions with TMSCl. Deprotonation at alpha carbon leads to non-reversible rearrangement and forms a carboxylic acid. Silyl enol intermediate favours rearrangement.

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Electrocylic Reactions

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reversible pericyclic formation/breaking of C-C bond (number of bonds does change). Either ring closure or ring opening. Define by number of pi electrons involved e.g. 4 pi electrocyclisation

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Carbene Synthesis

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  1. diazo decomposition (loss of N2 by heat/light)
  2. alpha diazocarbonyl decomposition (more stable due to resonance)
  3. alpha elimination (base catalysed e.g CHCl3 or decarboxylation e.g. trichloroacetate)
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Carbene Reactions

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  1. cyclopropanation (concerted alkene insertion)
  2. simmons-smith cyclopropanation (directed by lewis bases e.g. alcohols)
  3. esterification of carboxylic acids (O-H insertion)
  4. methylation of phenols (O-H insertion, aliphatic OH unreactive as not acidic enough)
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Carbene Rearrangements

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1 Wolff rearrangement (C-C insertion with alpha carbonyl, homolagation)
2. Arndt-Eistert (same but add to acyl chloride first)

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Nitrene

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nitrogen with 6 valence electrons (though one covalent bond so uncharged).

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Nitrene Synthesis

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azide decomposition after reacting NaN3 with acyl chloride. Stabilized by alpha carbonyl

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Curtis Rearrangement

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nitrene rearrangement with alpha carbonyl (C-C insertion with N). In alcohol forms an ester, in water undergoes decarboxylation to amine.

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Carbene

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neutral species containing carbon with 6 valence electrons (2 covalent bonds so uncharged).

  • Singlet carbene: the 2 unpaired electrons are paired and the carbon is sp2. Generally formed in solution
  • triplet carbene: the 2 unpaired electrons are in separate perpendicular p orbitals with same spin.
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Suzuki Miyaura Reaction

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  • C-C catalysed coupling between aryl halide and boronic acid
  • Pd catalyst
  • under basic conditions
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Heck Reaction

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Catalysed coupling between aryl halide and alkene under basic conditions
- intermolecular or intramolecular (more steric tolerance)

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sonogashira reaction

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Catalysed coupling between alkyne and aryl/vinyl halide

  • Pd catalyst and Cu co-catalyst
  • basic conditions
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Glaser Coupling

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alkyne coupling reaction

  • copper halide catalyst
  • basic conditions
59
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Amine Protecting Groups

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  • BOC (tert-Butyloxycarbonyl)
  • FMOC
  • Bn
  • imine (benzyl)
  • Tosylate
60
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alkyne hydration

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adds alcohol to form enol which tautomerises to ketone

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olefin metathesis

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  • exchanges olefin fragments, creating the mixed products
  • often used for ring opening/closing
  • Grubbs Catalyst
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ozonolysis

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alkene reacts with ozone to cleave into two carbonyls

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dihydroxylation

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catalysed reaction of alkene to vicinal diol

- OsO4 catalyst

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Weinreb Amide

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  • Used to create ketones from acid chlorides
  • formed by reacting acid chloride with NH(OMe)Me
  • then react with organometallic reagent to form ketone under acidic conditions
  • or reduce with LiAlH4 to aldehyde
  • prevents over addition when react acid chloride straight with organometallics

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