Topic 4 Flashcards
A reduction will result in what
A net increase in the number of C-H bonds or a decrease in the number of C-O bonds
An oxidation will result in what
A net decrease in the number of C-H bonds or an increase in the number of C-O bonds
NaBH4, LiAlH4
Reductants
PCC, H2CrO4, Dess Martin- periodinane, swern
Oxidants
Primary alcohols to aldehydes
Anhydrous oxidants
Primary alcohols to carboxylic acids
Water makes oxidants convert–
Secondary alcohols oxidize to what
Ketones regardless
Tertiary alcohols oxidize to what
Nothing
What is the electron donor in Ketone
Alkyl group
What group Is more electron-rich and less electrophilic
C=O
Which tautomer is favoured in equilibrium keto/enol?
Keto
In an enol tautomer is there conjugation?
The lone pair on oxygen is in conjugation with the pi-bond
In an enol what is the oxygen atom
The oxygen is sp2 hybridized
