OChem CH 19 Flashcards
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Acylation
Addition of an “acyl group”
Typically replaces a hydrogen atom
Acylation of an amine makes an amide
Acyl group
RCO group
Acetylation
Acylation via an acetyl group
Acetyl group
CH3CO
Acylation-reduction
A method for synthesizing amines by acylating ammonia or an amine and then reducing the amide
Amine
A derivative of ammonia NH3 with one or more alkyl or aryl groups bonded to the nitrogen atom
Primary Amine
RNH2 - One alkyl group bonded to Nitrogen
Secondary amine
R2NH - Has two alkyl groups bonded to nitrogen
Tertiary amine
R3N - Has three alkyl groups bonded to nitrogen
Amino group
The -NH2 group. If alkylated it becomes an alkylamino -NHR, or a dialkylamino group -NR2
Amine oxide
An amine with a fourth bond to an oxygen atom. In the amine oxide the nitrogen bears a positive charge, and the oxygen atom bears a negative charge.
Ammonium salt
(Amine Salt) A derivative of an amine with a positively charged nitrogen atom that has four bonds. An amine is protonated by an acid to give an ammonium salt. A quaternary ammonium salt has a nitrogen atom bonded to four alkyl or aryl groups.
Arenediazonium salt
An aromatic compound that contains a diazonium cation, Ar-NR2+, together with its counterion, X-
Azide
A compound having the azido group, -N3
Azido group
-N3
base-dissociation constant (Kb)
A measure of the basicity of a compound such as an amine, defined as the equilibrium constant for the following reaction. The negative log10 of Kb is given as pKb. Smaller pKb = Stronger base
Cope elimination
A variation of the Hofmann elimination, where a tertiary amine oxide eliminates to an alkene with a hydroxylamine serving as the leaving group.
Hydroxylamine
Any amine with an OH group attached
Diazo coupling
The use of diazonium salt as an electrophile in electrophilic aromatic substitution
Diazonium Compound
R-N+=-N
Diazotization of an amine
The reaction of a primary amine with nitrous acid to form a diazonium salt
Exhaustive alkylation
Treatment of an amine with an excess of an alkylating agent (often methyl iodide) to form the quaternary ammonium salt
R-NH2 –Excess CH3I and Base–> R-N+(CH3)3 I-
Gabriel amine synthesis
Synthesis of primary amines by alkylation of the potassium salt of phthalimide, followed by displacement of the amine by hydrazine
Phthalimide
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