Synthetic Routes Flashcards
how do you go from an alkane to a haloalkane?
- radical substitution
- X2
- UV radiation
how do you go from a haloalkane to an alcohol?
- NaOH (aq)
how do you go from an alcohol to an aldehyde?
- primary alcohol
- [O] distillation
- (oxidation)
how do you go from an aldehyde to a carboxylic acid?
- [O] relfux
- (oxidation)
how do you go from an alcohol to a carboxylic acid?
- primary alcohol
- [O] reflux
- (oxidation)
how do you go from a carboxylic acid to an ester?
- alcohol
- H+ catalyst
- esterification
how do you go from an alkene to an alkane?
- H2
- Nickel catalyst
- 150 degrees celcius
- addition reaction
how do you go from an alkene to a haloalkane?
- HX which forms a haloalkane
- X2 which forms a dihaloalkane
how do you from an alcohol to a ketone?
- secondary alcohol
- [O] reflux
- (oxidation)
how do you go from a haloalkane to a nitrile?
- NaCN in ethanol
how do you go from a haloalkane to an amine?
- NH3 in ethanol = primary alcohol
- NH2R in ethanol = secondary amine
- NHR2 in ethanol = tertiary amine
how do you go from an alkene to an alcohol?
- H2O(g)
- catalysts: H3PO4 and H2SO4
how do you go from an alcohol to an alkene?
concentrated H3PO4 and H2SO4
- elimination
how do you go from a haloalkane to an alcohol?
NaX and H2SO4
why is ethanol used as a solvent?
ethanol is used instead of water because NH3 forms OH- ions in water