C10: Alcohol Synthesis Flashcards
(35 cards)
Phenol to phenoxide (2 different reagents)
NaOH
KOH
Salts are produced when you combine a weak base with
carboxylic acid
NOT simple phenols or alcohols
How to produce Gringard reagents
alkyl halide + Mg metal in ether solvent
Alcohol synthesis from alkene (Markovnikov)
- acid catalyzed hydration (rearrangement)
_ + H20, (H+acid) = _ - oxymercuration-demercuration (no rearrangement)
_ + [1] Hg(OAc)2, H20 [2] NaBH4
Markovnikovs Rule
Adds to the most substituted carbon
Alcohol synthesis from alkene (Anti-Markovnikov)
1.hydroboration-oxidation
[1] _ + BH3.THF [2]H2O2 NaOH
1,2 Diols from alkene (SYN)
_ + OsO4, H2O2 = _
_ + KMnO4, -OH, (cold dilute) = _
1,2 Diols from alkene (ANTI)
[1 form epoxide] [2 Hydrate epoxide]
_ + [1] RCO3H, [2] H30+ =
alkoxide from aceylide
_ + ketone/or/aldehyde = _
acetylenic alcohol from alkoxide
_ + H30+ = _
Gringard reagents require what two steps to complete reactions to alcohols
[1] ether solvent
[2] H30+
Gringard + formaldehyde = ???
Primary alcohol
Gringard + aldehyde = ???
Secondary alcohol
Gringard + ketone = ???
Tertiary alcohol
2 Gringard + ester = ???
Tertiary alcohol, cannot stop at ketone intermediate (2 groups added)
2 Gringard + Cl-(R)-C=O acid chloride = ???
Tertiary alcohol, ketone
Gringard + epoxide = ???
Primary alcohol (2 groups added)
aldehyde + NaBH4 = ???
aldehyde + LiAlH4 = ???
Primary alcohol
R-CH2-OH
R-CH2-OH
ketone + NaBH4 = ???
ketone + LiAlH4 = ???
Secondary alcohol
R-CH(OH)-R’
R-CH(OH)-R’
alkene + NaBH4 = ???
alkene + LiAlH4 = ???
No Rxn
No Rxn
acid anion, (anion in base) + NaBH4 = ???
acid anion, (anion in base) + LiAlH4 = ???
No Rxn
Primary R-CH2-OH
ester + NaBH4 = ???
ester + LiAlH4 = ???
No Rxn
Primary R-CH2-OH
Industrial Synthesis of Ethanol
Ethelene + H20 –high pressure, heat, P2O5 catalyst –> ____
ethylene + O2/Hg+ = ???
epoxide/oirane