Some Important Reactions of Alcohols 1. Dehydration = loss of H 2 O to form an alkene 2. Oxidation...
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11Some Important Reactions of Some Important Reactions of AlcoholsAlcohols
1. Dehydration = loss of H1. Dehydration = loss of H22O to O to form form an alkenean alkene
2. Oxidation = loss of H to form 2. Oxidation = loss of H to form a a C=O compoundC=O compound
22Dehydration ExamplesDehydration ExamplesCH3CHCH3 CH2=CHCH3 + H2OOH2-propanol --> propene + water2-propanol --> propene + water
general pattern:general pattern:alcohol --> alkene + wateralcohol --> alkene + water
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H HOHH
Another exampleAnother example
H2O +
cyclopentanol --> cyclopentanol --> cyclopentene + watercyclopentene + water
44How does reaction occur?* Loss of water from alcohol alone has high activation energy = alcohols dehydrate very, very, very slowly by themselves* speed up reaction by lowering Eact with catalyst
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Catalyst for dehydration of alcohol is usually acid =
H+ from H2SO4 (sulfuric acid) or
enzyme in living organism.
66Main thing to focus on:C-C C-COH
H OH H
HH+
+lose H+& H2OC=C
alkene
C=C forms C=C forms between C between C bonded to OH bonded to OH and adjacent C and adjacent C bonded to H lost bonded to H lost as Has H++
77When the C-O bonds breaks to lose H2O, an adjacent C-H bond breaks to lose H+.The result is formation of the The result is formation of the new pi (new pi () bond to make the ) bond to make the alkene.alkene.Catalyst helps OH leave as HCatalyst helps OH leave as H22O O from alcohol.from alcohol.
88When there is more than one kind of H on the C next to C-OH, more than one alkene can form:
CH3CHCH2CH3 H2O +OH
H+
heat
CH2=CHCH2CH3 + CH3CH=CHCH3
99Oxidation Reaction Examples
CH3CH2-CH-CH3
OH [O]
CH3CH2-C-CH3
O2° alcohol2° alcohol
ketoneketone
oxidizing oxidizing agentagent
1010General reaction:
R-CH-R’ R-C-R’OH O[O]
2° ROH + [O] ---> ketone2° ROH + [O] ---> ketone
1111Oxidizing agents remove H and e- from the grouping H-C-O-H that makes up the alcohol group to form C=O.Many reagents can do this: common ones are Cr or Mn compounds. Even household bleach (NaOCl) can be [O].
1212Primary alcohols can be oxidized in 2 stages:
R-CH2-OH R-C-HO[O]
aldehydealdehyde
R-C-HO [O]
R-C-OHO
carboxylic acidcarboxylic acid
1313Aldehydes are easier to oxidize than 1° alcohols, so it is sometimes difficult to stop the reaction at the aldehyde stage. Special reagents have been developed to make it possible to get aldehydes by oxidizing a 1° alcohol.
1414Tertiary alcohols are not oxidized because there is no H on the C bonded to OH:
R-C-O-H is 3° alcoholR
RCH3-C-O-H
CH3
CH3
no H on Cno H on C
1515Phenols are benzene compounds with an OH group attached to a sp2 C in ring:
OH
““phenol” salicylic acidphenol” salicylic acid
OHCO2H
1616Phenols & Alcohols are not alike!
* both have C-O-H* both have C-O-H* both form H-bonds, * both form H-bonds, BUT:* alcohols are neutral * alcohols are neutral
compoundscompounds* phenols are acidic* phenols are acidic
1717ETHERS have the general formula R-O-R’ R-O-R’ (has C-O-C bond)(has C-O-C bond)
*bond angles about 109°*tetrahedral e- pairs on O*C-O-C shape is angular or
bent
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CHCH33CHCH22-O-CH-O-CH22CHCH33
“diethyl ether” is symmetrical
CHCH33-O-CH-O-CH22CHCH22CHCH33
““methyl propyl ether” is methyl propyl ether” is unsymmetricalunsymmetrical
both Alkyl groups can be the same or different:
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non-IUPAC names for ethers = “common names”name of alkyl group 1 name of alkyl group 1 (space) name of alkyl group 2 name of alkyl group 2 (space) etherethersee previous slide for examples
2020Ethers do not provide a H for a hydrogen bond, but can provide the electron pair of O.So: ethers are H-bond acceptors, they donate :O: to the H of another O-H or H-N
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RRO••
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etheretherH-bond H-bond acceptoracceptor
H-OR’
alcoholalcoholH-bond donorH-bond donor
2222Sulfur Analogs of Alcohols and EthersR-S-H thiol or mercaptanR-S-R’ thioetherR-S-S-R’ disulfideSimply be able to recognize the Simply be able to recognize the type from structure.type from structure.