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Module 6: Organic Chemistry and Analysis Flashcards

1
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Kekulé model of benzene?

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Six members ring of carbon atoms joined by alternate single and double bonds

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Evidence to disprove kekulés model?

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  1. Lack of reactivity of benzene - if the model was right, it would decolourise bromine in an electrophilic addition reaction.
  2. Length of C-C bonds in benzene - X-ray diffraction, measure lengths in a molecule. Benzene found to have 0.139nm length but single bond would be 0.153nm
  3. Hydrogenation enthalpies - would expect it to have hydrogenation enthalpy which is three times that of cyclohexane. But the actual is 152kjmol-1 less than expected.
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Delocalised model of benzene?

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  • each carbon atom uses 3/4 electrons in bonding to the two other carbons and one to the hydrogen atom.
  • each carbon has on electron in a p-orbital at right angles to the plane of the bonded carbon and hydrogen atom.
  • sideways overlap of P-orbitals, above and below plane of carbon atoms, form electron density ring above and below.
  • Overlapping creates system of pi bonds
  • The six electrons in this system are delocalised
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When is phenyl used instead of benzene in naming?

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When benzene ring is attached to alkyl chain with a functional group or to an alkyl chain which 7 or more carbon atoms.
Benzene becomes substituent.

E.g. phenylethanone, 2-phenyloctane

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Type of reaction for benzene and it’s derivatives?

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Electrophilic substitution

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Nitration of benzene?

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Benzene + HNO3
Catalysed by H2SO4 and heated to 50*C
Produce nitrobenzene and H2O

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Halogenation of benzene?

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Requires a halogen carrier (AlCl3, FeCl3 etc)

Get bromination and chlorination

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Alkylation of benzene?

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Substitution of hydrogen atom in benzene ring by a alkyl group.
Requires reacting with haloalkane In presence of AlCl3 halogen carrier catalyst

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Acylation reaction of benzene?

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Benzene reacts with acts chloride in presence of AlCl3 catalyst
Aromatic Ketone formed

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Oxidation of Aldehydes?

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Aldehydes can be oxidised to carboxylic acids.
Reflux with acidified dichromate VI ions, Cr2O7^2- / H+
(K2Cr2O7/H2SO4)

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Oxidation of Ketones?

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Do not undergo oxidation reactions

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Carbonyl compounds?

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Aldehyde
Ketone
Presence of C double bond O
Nucleophilic Addition reaction

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Why is the carbonyl compounds reaction Nucleophilic addition?

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It has a C=C bond which is polar
Oxygen is more electronegative than carbon, Electron density lies closer to the oxygen atom.
Creates delta + carbon and delta - oxygen
Nucleophile will be attracted to slightly positive carbon atom.

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Aldehydes can be reduced yo what with the addition of what?

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Aldehydes + 2[H] —-> Primary alcohol

Requires - NaBH4 / H2O

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Ketones reduces to what?

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Ketone + 2[H] —> secondary alcohol

Requires - NaBH4 / H2O

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Carbonyl compounds with HCN?

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Aldehyde or ketone + HCN —> hydroxynitrile

Requires - H2SO4/ NaCN

( CN- / H+ )

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How do you detect a carbonyl compound?

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Add 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine
If no crystal form, add H2SO4
Yellow/orange precipitate forms which is 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone
Means there’s a ketone or aldehyde

18
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Distinguishing between aldehyde and ketone?

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Tollens reagent
Add silver nitrate in aqueous ammonia
If silver mirror is formed then an aldehyde is present.

Ag+ + e- —> Ag (s) The silver mirror : reduction reaction

Aldehyde + [O] —> carboxylic acid : oxidation reaction

19
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What is a phenol?

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Type of organic chemical containing a hydroxyl -OH functional group directly bonded to an aromatic ring.

20
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Why is phenol classified as a weak acid?

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Phenol is less soluble in water than alcohols due to the presence of the non-polar benzene ring.
When dissolved in water, phenol partially dissociates to produce phenoxide ion and a proton.

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Phenol + Sodium Hydroxide

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Salt - Sodium Phenoxide (O-Na+)
Water
Neutralisation reaction.

22
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Type of reactions Phenols undergo?

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Electrophilic Substitution

23
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Bromination of Phenol?

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Phenol + Bromine 3Br2 (bromine water) –> white precipitate of 2,4,6-tribromophenol.
This decolourises bromine water, orange to colourless.
Halogen carrier not required.
+3HBr

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Nitration of Phenol?

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Phenol + dilute nitric acid (HNO3) –> mix of 2-nitrophenol and 4-nitrophenol
+H20

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Compare reactivity of Phenol to Benzene?

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Phenol has increased reactivity. This is due to the lone pair of electrons from the oxygen p-orbital of the -OH group, being donated to the pi-system of phenol. The electron density of the benzene ring in phenol is increased, this attracts electrophiles more readily than benzene.

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What activates an aromatic ring?

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NH2 (phenylamine) reacts more readily with electrophiles, directs second substituent to positions 2 and 4

27
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What deactivates and aromatic ring?

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NO2 (nitrobenzene) reacts less readily with electrophiles, directs second substituent to position 3

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What is a carboxyl group?

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Contains carbonyl group and hydroxyl group.

Carboxylic acid

29
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Solubility of carboxylic acids?

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Both the C=O and O-H bonds are polar allowing carboxylic acids to form hydrogen bonds with water molecules.

30
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Qualitative analysis - test for Allene

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Add bromine water

Decolourise from Orange to clear

31
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Qualitative analysis- test for haloalkane

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Silver nitrate and ethanol
Warm to 50•C

Chloro white ppt
Bromo cream ppt
Iodo yellow ppt

32
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Qualitative analysis- carboxylic acid

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Aqueous sodium carbonate

Effervescence

33
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Qualitative analysis- primary secondary alcohol and aldehyde

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Acidified potassium dichromate warm

Orange to green

34
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What is the stationary phase in chromatography?

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Does not move and is normally a solid or a liquid supported on a solid

35
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What is the mobile phase in chromatography?

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Does move as is normally a liquid or a gas

36
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What is adsorption?

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Process by which the solid silica holds the different substances in the mixture to its surface.

Separation is achieved by the relative adsorption of substances with the stationary phase.

37
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Interpreting TLC

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Rf = distance moved by the component / distance moved by the solvent front

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