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CH223 Part 3/4: Organometallic & Aldehydes/Ketones (Conceptual) Flashcards

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What do weakly activating substituents direct to?

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ortho and para

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What do strongly activating substituents direct to?

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ortho and para

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Who do weakly deactivating substituents direct to?

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ortho para

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What do strongly deactivating substituents direct to?

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meta

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What are some weakly deactivating substituents?

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F, Cl, Br, I

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What are some strongly activating substituents?

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EDG

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What substituent controls regioselectivity?

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the most activating one

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Where does substitution occur when positions are comparatively activated?

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the less hindered site

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What should you use when you have an ortho, para director but only want ortho?

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SO3H blocking group

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How are primary alkyl groups more efficiently introduced?

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freidel-crafts acylation

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Why are aryl halides less reactive than alkyl halides?

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  • carbon halogen bonds are stronger
  • the backside attack is blocked
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What are exceptions that allow NAS to occuer?

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the presence of a strong electronegative substituent

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What position(s) will NOT react in a NAS reaction?

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meta

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Compare the reactivity of the halogens in an NAS reaction

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X=F > X=Cl > X=Br > X=I

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Why are X=F more reactive than X=I in an NAS reaction?

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the most electronegative atom better stabilizes the negative charge on the intermediate

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What are organometallic compounds?

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compounds that have a carbon-metal bond

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Which way are electrons pulled when carbon is bound to a metal?

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towards the carbon

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18
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Compare the rates of reaction of Grignard reagents?

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R-I > R-BR > R-Cl > R-F > alkene > alkyne

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Organometallic compounds are prepared in which solvent?

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aprotic solvents

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Why do organometallic compounds have to be prepared in aprotic solvents?

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they are extremely basic’ will deprotonate any slightly acidic molecule

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What functional groups can Grignard reagents not be used in the presence of?

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NH, OH, and SH

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What product does an aldehyde reaction with an organometallic reagent give?

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secondary alcohol

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What product does an ketone reaction with an organometallic reagent give?

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tertiary alcohol

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What product does a formaldehyde reaction with an organometallic reagent give?

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primary alcohol

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What are the most acidic hydrocarbons?
alkynes
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What does it mean for something to act catalytically?
for as little as 1 mol % to be used
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Which reaction is extremely efficient and tolerant of various functional groups?
palladium-catalyzed cross-couplings
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What leaving group can be used in a Pd. catalyzed reaction?
aryl/vinyl (sp2) halides or OTf
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What are the four steps of a Suzuki mechanism?
1) Oxidative Addition 2) Ligand Exchange 3) Transmetallation 4) Reductive Elimination
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What happens during oxidative addition?
two groups are added to a metal
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What happens during ligand exchange?
hydroxide attacks Pd and kicks out X
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What happens during transmetallation?
other carbon attacks palladium, breaking bond between OH and Pd
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What happens during reductive elimination?
the two Pd groups are removed from the metal
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What are the three steps to the Heck mechanism?
1) Oxidative Addition 2) Migratory Insertion 3) Beta-hydride Elimination
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Which Pd. catalyzed reaction should you use if you want a trans product?
Heck
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What happens to the cis and trans conformation during a Pd. catalyzed reaction?
the conformation is retained
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Do aldehydes/ketones or alcohols have priority?
aldehydes/ketones
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Do aldehydes/ketones or halogens have priority?
aldehydes/ketones
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Do aldehydes or ketones have priority?
aldehydes
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What group do aldehydes contain?
formyl group
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How are aldehydes names?
by replacing the -e with -al
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How are ketones names?
by replacing -e with -one
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What orbital do electrophiles react with?
LUMO
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The presence of water in Cr-based oxidations leads to what?
the formation of a carboxylic acid
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The absence of water in a Cr-based oxidation leads to what?
the formation of the aldehyde
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What does hydration lead to for terminal alkynes?
ketones
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What does hydroboration lead to for terminal alkynes?
aldehydes
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Why are aldehydes more electrophilic than ketones?
1) lower steric hinderance 2) lower stability of partial positive charge on C
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Describe the rate of hydration of an aldehyde compared to a ketone?
aldehydes are hydrated at a much higher rate
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Why is HCN not often used in Cyanohydrin formation?
HCN is highly toxic
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How would you push an acid-catalyzed acetal/ketal formation to the right?
the presence of a large excess of alcohol reactant
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Are acetals and ketals reactive towards nucleophiles?
no
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Are amines more or less nucleophilic than alcohols?
more (no need for catalyst)
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Are carboxylic acids more or less electrophilic than aldehydes/ketones?
less electrophilic
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How do you name a carboxylic acid?
replace the -e ending with -oic acid
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True or False: carboxylic acids have priority over other functional groups
True
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Why are carboxylic acids less electrophilic than ketones/aldehydes?
the lone par on the hydroxyl oxygen stabalizes the structure through resonance
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Why is the melting point of carboxylic acids so high?
hydrogen-bonding between the hydroxy groups of one acid and the carbonyl oxygen of a second contribute to strong intermolecular attractive forces
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What is the pKa of carboxylic acids?
around 5
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What is the pKa of alcohols?
around 16
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Why are carboxylic acids more acidic than alcohols?
- the conjugate base of a carboxylic acid is more stable (multiple resonance forms) - the inductive effect
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What substituents are involved in the inductive effect?
electronegative substituents such as halogens increase acidity
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True or False: the inductive effect is distance dependent
true
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Will a closer substituent cause a more or less significant change in pH?
more
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What is the major limitation of the use of a Grignard reaction to make a carboxylic acid?
functional group incompatibility with Grignard reagents
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What is another way to create a carboxylic acid?
hydrolysis of nitrile (carbon of nitrile becomes carbonyl carbon)
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What are two common ways to prepare nitriles?
1) nucleophilic substitution of alkyl halides 2) addition of potassium cyanide to aldehydes and ketones

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