unit 5 section 9 organic compounds Flashcards
what are the two different structures of representing benzene?
6 carbons in a loop with every other bond a double one.
A loop of carbons, each making 3 bonds and electrons delocalised around the ring with a circle in the middle.
what is the name of OH bonded to benzene?
phenol
what is phenylamine?
NH2 bonded to benzene.
what is the name of the model of benzene with 3 double bonds?
the kekule model.
what evidence goes against the kekule model?
It says that there would be two different bond lengths from double and single bonds, but X-ray diffraction shows they are all the same length and between the two.
Infrared studies show that none of bonds are single or double as none of them absorb at the correct frequencies.
Also enthalpy
what is the structure of the delocalised model for benzene?
The p-orbitals of all the carbons overlap to give pi bonds., giving 2 ring shaped cloud of electrons above and below the carbon ring.
What does enthalpy suggest about the structure of benzene?
Cyclohexene has one double bond and when hydrogenated enthalpy is -120.
The kekule model has 3 double bonds suggesting it would be -360 for benzene.
It is actually -208 suggesting more energy was used to brake the bonds, subtracting from that given when bonds where made.
Thus the delocalised model is more stable.
How does benzene burn?
It has a very sooty flame and it give water and CO2.
why does benzene take part in electrophilic substitution reactions?
It is an area of high electron density so it attracts electrophiles. As it is so stable it undergoes substitution which preserve the delocalised ring.
what is the nitronium ion?
A positive nitrogen which has 2 double bonds to two oxygen’s.
What is the mechanism for the nitronium ion reacting with benzene?
It attacks the stable ring.(arrow from circle goes to ion)
An unstable intermediate forms. The ion and an H are both bonded to a carbon and the circle has a gap in it next to this carbon with +. An arrow from the H bond goes to the + sign and the H+ ion leaves.
What do you have to do to make nitrobenzene?
Warm benzene with concentrated nitric and sulphuric acid. The nitrobenzene forms a layer which will float on top. The sulphuric acts as a catalyst and keep the temp below 55 degrees for mononitration.
How is the nitronium ions formed from sulphuric and nitric acid?
HNO₃ + H₂SO₄ = H₂NO₃⁺ + HSO₄⁻
H₂NO₃⁺ = NO₂⁺ + H₂O
The H+ from the reaction goes with HSO₄⁻ to give more sulphuric acid to act as a catalyst.
How is benzenesulfonic acid made?
warm benzene to 40 degrees with fuming sulphuric acid for half an hour.
What is fuming sulphuric acid?
sulphur trioxide (SO3) dissolved in sulphuric acid.
what is the structure if sulphur trioxide?
S with 3 triple bonds to 3 oxygens.
How does SO3 react with benzene?
A pair of electrons are drawn from the circle to the sigma positive sulphur. An arrow goes from the sulphur to one of the oxygens, giving O:⁻
This O:⁻ will have an arrow going from it to a H attracted to the carbon ring and an arrow will go from the H bond to the gap in the circle with the +
It ends with benzene bonded to S double bonded to 2 oxygens and 1 OH.
Why are halogen carriers needed?
An electrophile needs to have a very strong positive charge to react with the stable benzene. The halogen carrier acts as a catalyst to make them more polar.
How does a halogen carrier work?
They can accept a lone pair of electrons from the halogen in the electrophile making it more polar.
Sometimes a carbocation can form when the halogen of the electrophile is taken off to give a positive and negative ions
When does an alkylbezene form?
React benzene with a halogenoalkane and a halogen carrier(usually aluminium choride)
a friedel crafts alkylation reaction
What is the formula for a chloroalkane reacting with AlCl3?
RCl + AlCl3 = R+ + AlCl4-
How would the electrophile R+ react with benzene?
An arrow goes from the circle to the R+. This will give the R and H bonded to the same point on the benzene with a gap in the circle with a plus sign.
The AlCl4 will then react with the H. An arrow from a Cl-Al bond will go to the H and this will give HCl and AlCl3 with R attached to the benzene.
What is AlCl3 sensitive to and what does this mean for its reactions?
Hydrolysis. All of its reactions are done in dry conditions. When being used benzene and alkanes that are refluxed in dry ether.
Why do acyl chlorides react readily with benzene?
What do they form and how is it done?
They are polar molecules so they can easily form carbocations. They need a halogen carrier and react by electrophilic substitution to form a phenylketones.
What is the equation for an acid chloride to form a electrophile?
RCOCl + AlCl3 =RCO+ and AlCl4-
what is the structure of an acid chloride?
R bonded to C. This is double bonded to O and has a single bond to Cl.
How does the RCO+ carbocation react with benzene?
It attacks the pi cloud. Arrow from circle to C+
H and C are bonded to same point of the carbon ring with a gap in the circle with a +. Arrow goes from C-H to the circle and arrow from a Al-Cl bond of AlCl4 goes to the H.
This will give HCl and AlCl3.
What is a phenylketone ?
A benzene ring bonded to carbon double bonded to oxygen and R.
They are less reactive than benzene.
what are friedel crafts acylation reactions ?
An acid chloride will use a halogen carrier to react with benzene
What is the condition needed for a friedel crafts acylation reaction?
The mixture is heated under reflux with a dry either.
Why won’t benzene decoluorise bromine water like cyclohexene?
It takes more energy to break the delocalised electron ring.
Why does benzene need strong electrophiles to react with them?
It has the very stable delocalised electron ring. This means it will need an ion with a +1 charge and not just something with a sigma positive charge.
How do you get bromine to react with benzene?
Use FeBr3 to act as halgen carrier to give Br+
It reacts in the same way as the other electrophilic substitution reactions.
How can benzene take part in an addition reaction?
It will react with hydrogen with finely divided nickel catalyst at 150 degrees and 10 atm to give cyclohexane.
What might be used instead of benzene when doing some of the electrophilic substation reactions of benzene
You might use methyl or methyloxybenzene.
They are more reactive and the rate of reaction is faster than that of benzene.
They are also a lot less toxic.
what is the structure of methyl or methlyloxybenzene?
A benzene ring with CH3 added or -O-CH3