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Alcohols from Carbonyl Compounds Oxidation-Reduction & Organometallic Compounds. Chapter 12. Aldehyde. Ketone. Carboxylic acid. Ester. Amide. Structure of the Carbonyl Group. Carbonyl compounds. Structure. Carbonyl carbon: sp 2 hybridized Planar structure.
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Alcohols from Carbonyl Compounds Oxidation-Reduction & Organometallic Compounds Chapter 12
Aldehyde Ketone Carboxylic acid Ester Amide Structure of the Carbonyl Group • Carbonyl compounds
Structure • Carbonyl carbon: sp2 hybridized • Planar structure
1A. Reactions of Carbonyl Compoundswith Nucleophiles • One of the most important reactions of carbonyl compounds is nucleophilic addition to the carbonyl group
Two important nucleophiles: • Hydride ions (from NaBH4 and LiAlH4) • Carbanions (from RLi and RMgX) • Another important reactions:
Overall order oxidation state lowest oxidation state of carbon highest oxidation state of carbon
Alcohols by Reduction of Carbonyl Compounds (1o alcohol)
3A. Lithium Aluminum Hydride • LiAlH4 (LAH) • Not only nucleophilic, but also very basic • React violently with H2O or acidic protons (e.g. ROH) • Usually reactions run in ethereal solvents (e.g. Et2O, THF) • Reduces all carbonyl groups
3B. Sodium Borohydride • NaBH4 • less reactive and less basic than LiAlH4 • can use protic solvent (e.g. ROH) • reduces only more reactive carbonyl groups (i.e. aldehydes and ketones) but not reactive towards esters or carboxylic acids
3C. Overall Summary of LiAlH4 and NaBH4 Reactivity reduced by LiAlH4 reduced by NaBH4 ease of reduction
Organometallic Compounds • Compounds that contain carbon-metal bonds are called organometallic compounds
Preparation of Organolithium &Organomagnesium Compounds 6A. Organolithium Compounds • Preparation of organolithium compounds • Order of reactivity of RX • RI > RBr > RCl
6B. Grignard Reagents • Preparation of organomagnesium compounds (Grignard reagents) • Order of reactivity of RX • RI > RBr > RCl
7B. Reactions of Grignard Reagentswith Epoxides (Oxiranes) • Grignard reagents react as nucleophiles with epoxides (oxiranes), providing convenient synthesis of alcohols
R, R’ = H (formaldehyde) • 1o alcohol
R = alkyl, R’ = H (higher aldehydes) • 2o alcohol
R, R’ = alkyl (ketone) • 3o alcohol
Reaction with esters • 3o alcohol
8A. How to Plan a Grignard Synthesis • Synthesis of
Method 1 • Retrosynthetic analysis • Synthesis
Method 2 • Retrosynthetic analysis • Synthesis
Method 3 • Retrosynthetic analysis • Synthesis
8B. Restrictions on the Use ofGrignard Reagents • Grignard reagents are useful nucleophiles but they are also very strong bases • It is not possible to prepare a Grignard reagent from a compound that contains any hydrogen more acidic than the hydrogen atoms of an alkane or alkene
A Grignard reagent cannot be prepared from a compound containing an –OH group, an –NH– group, an –SH group, a –CO2H group, or an –SO3H group • Since Grignard reagents are powerful nucleophiles, we cannot prepare a Grignard reagent from any organic halide that contains a carbonyl, epoxy, nitro, or cyano (–CN) group
Grignard reagents cannot be prepared in the presence of the following groups because they will react with them:
8C. The Use of Lithium Reagents • Organolithium reagents have the advantage of being somewhat more reactive than Grignard reagents although they are more difficult to prepare and handle
8D. The Use of Sodium Alkynides • Preparation of sodium alkynides • Reaction via ketones (or aldehydes)
Retrosynthetic analysis • However