Question | Answer |
What shape has the lowest heat of conbustion and lowest potential energy? | cyclohexane |
Can meso cpds have chiral centers? | YES --> although overall, they are achiral and optically inactive |
Enantiomers have the same / different chemical properties. | same |
Diastereomers have the same / different chemical properties. | different |
How to calculate number of different stereoisomers? | 2^(*chiral centers) - # meso |
Conformational isomers | same molecular formula, same connectivity, same stereochem, but rotate about a single bond |
Rate conformational isomers based on decreasing stability. | Anti, gauche, eclipsed |
Rank chair, boat, twist boat based on increasing stability. | boat, twist boat, chair |
Normal light has EM fields in all directions but polarized light has EM fields in _____ direction | one |
Chiral molecules will rotate polarized light either to the _____ or _______. | -left (-) or (l)
-right (+) or (d) |
According to rules for assigning priority, what factor dominates most? | MOLECULAR WEIGHT
--> then look at more bonds to higher priority |
Do racemic mix rotate polarized light? Are they optically active? | NO --> optically inactive |
How to separate enantiomers through diastereomers? | -convert enantiomers to diastereomers
-separate diastereomers
-convert diastereomers back to enantiomers |
How to separate enantiomers by biological means? | enzymes are highly specific and can differentiate between enantiomers |
In nature, all proteins are made up of ___ amino acids | L |
How many valence electrons / number of bonds for phosphorous? | -5
-3 or 5 |
How many valence electrons / number of bonds for sulfur? | -6
-2 or 6 |
How many valence electrons / number of bonds for silicon? | -4
-4 |
VSEPR: 3 bonds, one unbonded electron pair | trigonal pyramidal |
VSEPR: 2 bonds, 2 unbonded electron pair | bent |
VSEPR: 4 bonds | trigonal bipyramidl |
VSEPR: 4 bonds, one unbonded electron pair | seesaw |
VSEPR: 3 bonds, 2 unbonded electron pair | T-shaped |
VSEPR: 2 bonds, 3 unbonded electron pair | linear |
VSEPR: 6 bonds | octahedral |
VSEPR: 5 bonds, one unbonded electron pair | square pyramidal |
VSEPR: 4 bonds, 2 unbonded electron pair | square planar |
VSEPR: 3 bonds, 3 unbonded electron pair | T-shaped |
VSEPR: 2 bonds, 4 unbonded electron pair | linear |
Resonance: single C-C bonds are shorter and ? | stronger |
Resonance: double C-C bonds are longer and ? | weaker |
What are meso cpds? | made up of 2 halves that are mirror images |
Why is chair most stable? | eliminates 3 types of strain |
Why are boats unstable? | all atoms are eclipsed |
Index of hydrogen deficiency | # = (2n+2) + N - H - X / 2 |
What is bond energy? | energy required to break a bond |
Why is a pi bond less stable/weaker than a sigma bond? | pi bonds are in higher energy level , less stable, more reactive |
What is Huckel's Rule | 4n + 2pi |
What is measured in IR-Spectroscopy? | bond vibrations |
What is on x-axis / y-axis of IR spectroscopy? | -x-axis: frequency of vibration
-y-axis transmittance |
Where transmittance dips down in IR, what does it indicate? | region of absorbance |
IR: What are broad peaks due to? | hydrogen bonding |
IR: Below 1300 cm is called ____ | fingerprint region - unique for each cpd |
IR: 1700 cm = | carbonyl group |
IR: 3300 cm can be ______, ______, or _____. | -OH - broadest
-NH - slightly sharper
-alkyne CH - very sharp |
IR: Anything around 2000 cm and below does not involve _______. | hydrogen (C=O, C=C, C-C, C-O) |
Indicators: Red is ______ and blue is _______ and green is _____. | acidic / basic / neutral |
H-indicator vs. Indicator | -At low pH, H-indicator and color will predominate
-At high pH, indicator and color will predominate |
valence vs. oxidation number | -valence = number of electrons in outermost shell
-oxidation = number of valence electrons gained or lost |
Formula for ammonia vs. ammonium? | NH3 vs. NH4+ |
structural isomers | same molecular formula, different connectivity |
positional isomers | a type of structural isomers that have the same functional groups but are positioned differently |
constitional isomers | a type of structural isomers that have same molecular formula but completely different functional groups |
What are stereoisomers? | diastereomers, enantiomers, cis / trans |
D/L vs. d/l | -D/L = absolute configuration
-d/l = relative configuration (how it rotates light) |
Why are enantiomers difficult to separate? | similar physical properties |
What creates a net spin in NMR? | odd number of protons |
What is resonance frequency? | frequency of radio wave that is needed for proton to flip in spin and spin opposite to direction of external B-field |
The more conjugated double bonds, the longer / shorter the wavelengths of absorbed radiation? | longer |
Conjugated systems decrease / increase the energy of EM radiation that is absorbed? | decrease |
What does UV spectroscopy measure? | detects conjugated double bonds by comparing intensities of 2 beams of light |
What is a conjugated system? | double bond separated with single bond |
Each additional conjugated double bond increases the wavelength absorbed by ___ nm | 30-40 nm |
UV spectroscopy: UV photons are able to displace electrons to _____ and energy is absorbed. | LUMO |
LUMO vs. HOMO | lowest unoccupied molecular orbital vs. highest occupied molecular orbital |
What is the transition observed for UV absorption for hyperconjugation? | bonding and nonbonding orbitals --> anti-bonding orbitals |
Carrots with beta-carotene absorb _____ light and emit _____ light. | blue / green
orange |
If a cpd has eight or more hyperconjugated bonds, absorbance moves into? | visible spectrum |
mass spectrometry: parent peak | most rightfield peak that depicts ion without fragmentation
-highest m/z ratio |
mass spectrometry: base peak | most abundant species (tallest peak) |
mass spectrometry: peaks clustered really close to each other | isotopes |
What is mass spectrometry useful for? | measuring molecular weight of a molecule
(m/z) ratio |
mass spectrometry: m /z ratio | mass to charge ratio |
How does NMR work? | EM radiation of certain frequency is shown on nuclei that can flip the spin of the nuclei |
What is varied in NMR? | magnetic field strength
-frequency is kept constant |
Aldehydes have ____ ppm in NMR | around 9 |
What does NMR depict? | neighboring hydrogens |
When things are shielded, what happens? | rightward shift
--> B-field is increasing |
When things aren't shielded, what happens? | leftward shift
--> B-field is decreasing |
NMR: What do EWG do? | lower shielding and decrease B-field strength at which resonance takes place
--> left shift |
NMR: What do EDG do? | -increase shielding and increase field strength required for resonance
--> right shift |
What is extraction based upon? | like dissolves like |
What are the steps for extraction? | -add strong acid - protonates bases - remove bases
-add weak base - deP only strong acids - remove strong acids
-add strong base - deP everything else - remove weak acids |
fractional distillation | used to separate liquids with smaller diff in BP
--> run vapor through glass beads so cpd with higher BP will condense |
vacuum distillation | lowers BP for both so less decomposition / volatility |
What problems do azeotropes create in distillation? | azeotrope can have higher / lower BP than either of the 2 pure substances |
Gas-liquid chromatography - what is mobile phase and what is stationary phase | -mobile: gas phase
-stationary: liquid coating the inside walls of column |
Paper chromatography: what polarity is paper / solvent | -paper = polar
-solvent = nonpolar |
Calculate Rf factor | distance traveled by pigment / distance traveled by solvent |
What is the basic idea behind chromatography? | cpds in mixture that have greater affinity for stationary phase move more slowly |
column chromatography | solution is dripped down a column with beads containing the stationary phase
--> polar cpds travel slower |
Crystallization principle | -pure substances form crystals easier than impure substances
-impurities should remain dissolved in solvent even when cpd crystallizes out
--> iceberg in salt water |
What type of solvent is good for recrystalization? | -solvent where cpd dissolves only at warm temp, not cold temp
-impurities are highly soluble |
Thin-layer chromatography vs. paper chromatography | TLC uses coated glass or plastic plate and results are visualized via an iodine vapor chamber |
What is the boiling point of heptane? | 100C --> same as water |
What does alkane combustion produce? | carbon dioxide and water |
Alkane + halogen + free radical initiator (UV light or peroxides) = | alkyl halide |
Substitution for halogen of an alkane will occur at more/less substituted carbon | more |
What inhibits free radical mechanism? | antioxidants (eat up free radicals to inhibit rxn) |
What does the free radical mechanism depend on? | presence of free radicals |
What has the highest ring strain? lowest ring strain? | -cyclopropane (both Baeyer and torsional strain)
-cyclohexane (neither) |
After cyclohexane, what has the next lowest ring strain? | any ring with greater or equal to 14 carbons |
What creates ring strain? | Baeyer Strain (deviation from ideal sp3-109.5)
Torsional Strain-molecule having eclipsed instead of staggered |
Do bicyclic molecules have more or less ring strain than monocyclic molecules? | MORE |
How do aldehydic protons appear in H-NMR? | singlet |
How to extract amines? | -add HCl
-->amines are protonated to create + charge and make it soluble |
How does cis translate to chair drawing? How does trans? | -one equatorial and other axial
-both equatorial / both axial |
On the same dash/wedge, are 1,3 / 1,4 / 1,2 cis or trans? | -1,3 = trans
-1,4 / 1,2 = cis |
On different dashes / wedges, are 1,3 / 1,4 / 1,2 cis or trans? | -1,3 = cis
-1,4 / 1,2 = trans |
What is fractional distillation? | distillation based on different BP |
Why do tertiary alcohols react faster with HCl? | carbocation stability |
How to make the CH3MgBr Grignard reagent? | Mix CH3Br + Mg in diethyl ehter |
Saponification | hydrolysis of ester in f.a. with NaOH |
What is a f.a. made of? | alcohol and COOH |
Where is most of the electron density in a sigma bond? | between the nuclei |
How many bonds can boron form? | 3 |
More highly substituted carbons have stronger or weaker bonds? | weaker |
Which atoms normally hydrogen bond? | fluorine, oxygen, nitrogen |
What is a vinylic carbon? | C = C |
When does electron withdrawing occur? | a more electronegative atom draws away electorn density |
A good nucleophile has high / low electron density? | high electron density |
Why do EWGs make nucleophiles worse? | draw away electron density and nu becomes worse electron donor |
More electronegative atoms withdraw more or less electron density and make for a poorer nucleophile? | more electron density |
Shortcut to remember relative electronegativity? | FONClBrISCH |
Steric repulsion theory | Electrons will repel electrons and will decrease bond angles |
Can a proton be involved with resonance? | NO |
What creates a strong acid in terms of its conjugate base? | a stable conjugate base (such as aromatic base) = strong acid |
lewis acid / base | electron acceptor / electron donor |
bronsted lowry acid / base | H donor / H acceptor |
What is 5-10-15-20 rule for organic acids? | -pKa for COOH = 5
-phenol = 10
-alcohol = 15
-proton alpha to carbonyl = 20 |
In COOH, the carbonyl oxygen is more likely to get protonated than the hydroxyl oxygen which means? | the carbonyl oxygen is more basic than the alcohol oxygen |
Does a partial negative charge increase or decrease basicity? | increase |
Bases like to get _____ acids like to get _______. | protonated / deprotonated |
Does a larger/smaller atom create a stronger acid? Does this apply to periods or groups? | larger / groups |
Does a more / less eN atom create a stronger? Does this apply to periods or group? Why is this so? | more eN / periods / stabilize high electron density and makes it easier to break bond |
What hybridization creates a strong acid? Why? | sp / electrons are held closer to the nucleus so bond can be cleaved easier |
An adjacent atom making a pi bond is EWG / EDG? Lone pair atom is EWG / EDG? | EWG / EDG |
Where do EDG increase electron density in aromatic ring? | ortho and para
--> O / P more nu so reacts with electrophiles at O/P |
Where do EWG decrease electron density in aromatic ring | ortho and para
--> O / P less nu. so reacts with electrophiles at meta |
What do atomic size, eN, and hybridization deal with? | bond directly to acidic proton |
What does inductive effect refer to? | EWG and EDG |
In terms of lone pair, what creates a basic atom? | when lone pair is least shared |
Do Van der Waals forces exist between all compounds? | YES --> forces are roughly equal too |
What creates the strongest H-bond? | hydrogen on fluorine and lone pair from nitrogen |
To have hydrogen bonding, where must the hydrogen be located? | on an F, O, N |
To create a rigid phospholipid membrane, what type of fatty acid should be used? | long, saturated fatty acids
--> maximize interactions between liid chains |
Why is lard solid at room temperature while veggie oil is liquid? | lard is saturated structure which means more flexible which means individual molecules interact with each other strongly |
Do unsaturated fats increase / decrease membrane fluidity? | increase |
Do unsaturated or saturated fats have higher melting temperature? | saturated fats |
solubility vs. miscibility | -ability of solid to dissolve into solution
-ability of liquid to mix into another liquid |
What are the types of IMF in polar, protic solvents? | H-bonds, dipole-dipole, van der Waals |
What are the types of IMF in polar, aprotic solvents? | dipole-dipole and van der Waals |
What are the types of IMF in nonpolar, aprotic solvents? | van der Waals |
What creates the best micelle? | ionic head and long carbon chain |
Where do sigma bonds share electron density vs. pi bonds? | -between nuclei
-in plane above and below nuclei |
To create a bonding orbital, add/subtract nuclei? antibonding orbital? | add / subtract |
Is a bonding orbital less or more stable than antibonding orbitals? | more stable |
Are sigma bonds more or less stable than pi bonds? | more stable |
How to tell if 2 isomers are structural isomers? | have different IUPAC names |
Is it possible to rotate around a double bond? | NO --> p-orbitals would no longer be coplanar breaking the pi bond |
Do alkenes have lower or greater entropy than alkanes? | lower entropy |
On an energy diagram for conformational isomers, if greatest substituents repel each other, then which orientation is most stable with lowest energy? | anti |
On energy diagram for conformational isomers, if greatest substituents attract each other, which orientation is most stable with lowest energy? | gauche (like vicinol diol) |
On a newman projection, the substituents behind the plane are on the right or left? substituents in front of the plane? | right / left |
Which ring structures are most stable / least stable? | -5/6 membered rings
-3/4 membered ring |
In a chair, cis refers to? | up / up or down down |
In a chair, what does trans refer to? | up / down |
What do wedges translate to on chair diagram? | up |
What do dashes translate to on chair diagram? | down |
What is the formula for the PE that is associated with H-NMR spectroscopy? | PE = 1/2 kx^2 |
What does no broad peaks above 2500 cm-1 indicate? | no OH bond |
IR: What do peaks in the 1300-1400 range indicate? | C-C bonds |
In organic chemistry, what must a compound have in order to be UV-visibly active? | pi bond |
For UV spectroscopy, as conjugation increases, does energy gap between pi and pi* decrease or increase? How does this affect wavelength of max. absorbance | decreases / increases |
When more conjugation is added, where does the absorbance shift into? | visible range |
What does color result from? | excessive conjugation |
What do infrared photons affect that is different from UV and visible photons? | -infrared affects vibrational energies
-UV and visible affect electronic energy levels |
For H-NMR, where is upfield and does that mean low or high B-field strength? | right --> high B-field strength |
For H-NMR, where is downfield and does that mean low or high B-field strength? | left --> low B-field strength |
EWG lower shielding and cause a right/left shift in H-NMR? | decrease the B-field strength at which resonance takes place
-left |
EDG raise shielding and cause a right/left shift in H-NMR? | increase B-field strength at which resonance takes place
-right |
In H-NMR, what is special about alcohol? | has broad peak from 1-5 ppm |
In H-NMR, what is special about phenol? | has broad peak from 4-7 ppm |
In H-NMR, what is there is no adjacent hydrogens? | singlet |
In H-NMR, what is special about benzene? | has peak around 7 ppm |
In H-NMR, When you see a triplet and quartet in a 3:2 ratio, what does that indicate? | H3C-CH2- |
In H-NMR, when you see a doublet and a septet in a 6:1 ratio, what is it? | isopropyl group [(H3C)2CH-] |
What is the suffix for an ester? | -oate |
What is the pascal's triangle ratio for a triplet? | 1:2:1 |
What is the pascal's ratio for a quartet? | 1:3:3:1 |
What is pascal's ratio for a quintet? | 1:4:6:4:1 |
A doublet of a doublet is indicative or ortho,meta, para? | para |
What does it mean to be aprotic? | no hydrogens bonded to F, O, N |
Is there a problem when protic / aprotic solvents are dissolved in D2O? | protic --> undergo exchange |
What type of solvent used for H-NMR? | one with NO hydrogens |
On a fischer projection, what happens when you interconvert 2 substituents? | change chirality of stereogenic center |
On a Fischer projection, what happens when you interconvert 3 substituents? | nothing |
How do diastereomers compare in their physical properties? | Have different physical properties including MP, BP, and density |
How many chiral centers are in a meso compound and in what orientation? | even number / opposite chirality |
What is the net optical rotation of a meso compound? | 0 degrees --> optically inactive |
The reflection of a meso compound can be classified as? | reflects identical and original compound |
When 2 enantiomers are they formed in equal or unequal quantity? DIastereomers? | -equal quantity
-unequal --> major and minor product |
How can enantiomers be formed in an unequal ratio? | chiral catalyst is present to create enantiomeric excess |
Syn addition means? | symmetric addition (both wedges or both dashes) |
Anti addition means? | unsymmetric addition (wedge and dash) |
Do enantiomers rotate light? | NO |
Equation for enantiomeric excess | % = measured specific rotation / specific rotation of pure enantiomer * 100% |
What creates a good leaving group? | stable base --> weaker base --> more acidic |
Can diastereomers ever produce racemic mixture? | NO |
What defines a favorable nucleophilic substitution? | forms a stronger bond than one is broken |
What type of electrophiles are used for SN2? | primary, secondary, tertiary |
What type of nucleophile is favored with SN2? | good nucleophile |
What type of solvent is favored with SN2? | polar, aprotic solvent like ethers and ketones |
What type of electrophiles are used for SN1? | tertiary, secondary, primary |
What type of solvent is favored with SN1? | polar, protic solvent like alcohol |
What type of nucleophile is favored with SN1? | poor nucleophile |
What is the SN1 rate? SN2 rate? | rate = k[electrophile]
rate = k[electrophile][nucleophile] |
Why is it important to keep substitution reactions at low temperatures? | prevents competing E2 reaction |
Does SN2 or SN1 have an intermediate? | SN1 |
Does SN2 or SN1 require a good nucleophile? | SN2 |
What does catalyst do? | stabilizes transition state complex and lowers Ea |
How do enantiomers compare with physical properties? | identical physical properties |
Does a racemic mix have a higher or lower MP and density than either enantiomers? | -greater -> think of two hands clasping --> stronger connection |
Which is nonsuperimposable: enantiomers or diastereomers? | NEITHER ARE |
Are enantiomers or diastereomers mirror images? | enantiomers |
When do racemic mixes form vs. diastereomers? | -racemic forms when there is no preexisting chirality
-diastereomers form when one of the reagents has a chiral center at a non-reactive site |
Aliphatic | straight chain form of alkane |
For alkanes, how does increasing molecular mass affect BP and MP? Branching? | -increase
-BP decreases |
What type of free radicals are best for halogenation of alkanes? | tertiary free radicals |
During halogenation, what happens during propagation? | goes from one free radical to another free radical |
During halogenation, what happens during termination? | two free radicals combine to no free radicals |
During halogenation, what happens during initiation? | goes from zero free radicals to two free radicals |
Why are slower reactions more selective than faster ones? | more time to select the best site for reacting |
In halogenation, is chlorination or bromination faster? Which is more selective/ | chlorination / bromination |
In halogenation, is bromination or chlorination more reversible? | bromination slower than chlorination --> reversible |
As energy is added, are more or less stable products formed? | less stable |
When does rearrangement occur? | with carbocations |
Why are there minimal di-halogenated products in free radical halogenation? | after first X added, weakest bond is C-X and not C-H
--> easier to remove X than H |
What are the characteristics for E2 reactions in terms of base, electrophile, and temperature? | strong bulky base, hydrocarbon with leaving group, high temp |
In what orientation must the leaving group be for E2 reactions? | anti |
What type of conditions are best for E1 reaction? | acidic and high temperatures |
Assign "acidic / basic" to E1 and E2. | E1 = acidic
E2 = basic |
How can carbocations undergo rearrangement? | alkyl or hydride shifts |
During electrophilic addition, where is the positive charge situated after the pi bond attacks electrophile? | most substituted carbon |
What type of nu should be used for electrophlic addition? | weak base otherwise it will deprotonate intermediate to regenerate alkene |
What type of conditions are electrophilic additions carried out in? | acidic conditions |
What can a protic solvent do? | form H-bonds and transfer protons |
If there is no optical activity in the reactants, can there be in the products? | NO |
When 2 substituents add at the same time, syn / anti? Add at different times? | syn / anti |
Markovnikov addition in alkenes | electrophile adds to less substituted carbon and nu adds to more substituted carbon |
Anti-Markovnikov addition in alkenes | electrophile adds to more substituted carbon and nu adds to less subst. carbon |
Kinetic control refers to the more stable ____ while thermodynamic control refers to the more stable ______. | intermediate / product |
Thermodynamic control favors higher or lower temperature | higher temperature |
Lower energy intermediate leads to kinetic / thermodynamic product? HIgher energy intermediate? | kinetic / thermodynamic |
Boltzmann distribution law | As temperature increases, higher energy levels become more populated to absorb energy increase
--> more primary carbocations than at lower temp |
Kinetic control favors what type of 1,2 or 1,4 addition to conjugated dienes? | 1,2 addition
--> monosubstituted alkene is least stable |
Thermodynamic control favors what type of 1,2 or 1,4 addition to conjugated dienes? | 1,4 addition
--> disubstituted alkene is most stable |
Does a meso compound have an enantiomer or diastereomer? | only diastereomer |
The diene is nu/e while the dieneophile is nu/e? | nucleophilic / electrophilic |
EDG benefit dienes or dienophiles? | dienes |
EWG benefit dienes or dienophiles? | dienophiles |
Cope rearrangement | converts 1,5-diene into another 1,5 diene |
Claisen rearrangement | converts 1,5-diene into either an aldehyde or ketone |
What are the building blocks of steroids? | isoprene units |
Are terpenes UV active? | YES --> pi bonds |
Differences in conjugation and pi bonds results in differences in? | UV absorption |
How does steam distillation protect integrity when distilling natural oils? | allows oils to vaporize at a temperature lower than their BP |
Do strong bases make good nucleophiles? | NO --> chance for deprotonation |
Does an alcohol or aldehyde receive higher priority? | aldehyde --> most oxidized carbon receives highest priority |
All ketones are associated with ketals / acetals.
All aldehydes are associated with ketals / acetals. | ketals / acetals |
In basic conditions, ketones turn into hemiketal / ketal? aldehydes turn into? | hemiketal / hemiacetal |
In acidic conditions, ketones turn into hemiketal / ketal? | ketal / acetal |
How to form a ketal or acetal? | react aldehyde/ketone with alcohol |
Transesterification | esters exchange alkoxy group in presence of alcohol and acid |
How are acid anhydrides formed? | condensation (dehydration) reaction between 2 COOH at elevated temperatures |
When you add water to an acid anhydride, what is produced? | 2 COOH |
Addition of heat to 2 COOH yields? | acid anhyride |
How to reduce amides into amines? | strong reducing agent like LiAlH4 |
Do amino acids contain amide bonds? | NO |
Where are amide bonds formed? | peptide bonds in px, guanine, uracil |
Rank reactivities of carbonyl with anhydride, halogen, ester, amide | halogen, anhydride, ester, amide |
What dictates the reactivity of the carbonyl? | acidity of the conjugate acid of leaving group |
With a bulky base, does the kinetic or thermodynamic product get formed? Small base? | kinetic / thermodynamic |
What happens during oxidation in terms of loss/gains of O and loss/gains of H? | gain O / lose H |
What happens during reduction in terms of loss/gains of O and loss/gains of H? | lose O / gain H |
What are the steps of oxidation for a primary alcohol? | primary alcohol --> aldehyde --> COOH |
What are the steps of oxidation for a secondary alcohol? | secondary alcohol -->ketone |
Can a tertiary alcohol get oxidized? | NO |
Oxidizing agents have lots of ____ while reducing agents have lots of _____. | oxygens / hydrogens |
What reagent allows oxidation from primary alcohol to aldehyde only? | PCC |
What does FADH2 reduce? | hydrogenation of a pi bond |
What does hydrazine (H2NNH2) reduce aldehydes and ketones to? | alkanes |
What does LiAlH4 reduce? | COOH and Esters back to primary alcohols |
What does NaBH4 reduce? | aldehydes and ketones back to primary and secondary alcohol |
What does a Gignard reaction produce? | new carbon-carbon bond |
The 4th step of glycolysis is what type of reaction? | retro-aldol reaction with aldolase |
Wittig Reaction | converts a ketone into an alkene with a phosphorous ylide |
Pinacol rearrangement | converts a vicinal diol into a ketone |
Iodoform Reaction | Converts a methyl ketone into a COOH and a haloform
-haloform = CX3 |
Wolff-Kishner Reduction | uses hydrazine under basic conditions to reduce a ketone/aldehyde into an alkane
C=O + NH2NH2 --> -CH2- + N2 |
Protecting groups turn aldehydes, ketones, and alcohols into? | acetals, ketals, silyl ethers |
Where do oxidations and reductions take place in the cell? | -oxidations - mito matrix (glycolysis is exception)
-reductions - cytoplasm |
Is anabolism an oxidative or reductive process? Catabolism? | Reductive / oxidative |
Are NAD+ / FAD oxidizing or reducing agents? | oxidizing agent |
Rank boiling points of alcohols based on primary, secondary, tertiary. | primary > secondary > tertiary |
Water solubility is high for carbonyls with ___ carbons | four |
Alcohol + COOH = ? | ester |
Can a Grignard add twice to a carbonyl? | YES if there is a leaving group |
Difference between D vs. L | D: H --OH
L: OH --H |
Difference between (+) and (-) | All stereocenters are switched between the two |
epimers | diastereomers that differ around one chiral center |
What type of sugar is fructose? | ketohexose |
When sugars are D and L, it also means that one has to be _ and the other _. | + / - |
Alpha/beta anomers, is alpha pointing up or down? Beta? What does it really mean in terms of cis/trans? | alpha-down (trans with last carbon)
beta-up (cis with last carbon) |
Mutarotation | conversion between anomers |
Is the alpha or beta anomer more favored in vivo? | beta |
Going from dashes/wedges to Fischer, dashes are on the right/left? | right |
Going from dashes/wedges to Fischer, wedges are on the right/left? | left |
Ketose-aldose as well as glucose isomerization proceeds through what type of intermediate? | enediol intermediate |
How many carbons does glyceraldehyde have? | 3 |
The sugars in amylose and glycogen have what type of linkages? Cellulose? | alpha / beta |
Branching is created from what type of linkages? | 1,6 |
Which polysaccharides have branching? Which do not? | -Amylopectin and glycogen have branching
-cellulose and amylose do not have branching |
Natural sugars have what type of chirality? | D |
What does nitric acid sugar oxidation test for? | optical activity |
How does osazone test work? | phenylhydrazine is used to form an osazone
--> C2 epimers ield the same osazone |
What does Tollen's test test for? | tests for distinguishing between aldehyde and ketone
--> aldehyde are readily oxidized while ketones are not |
What are reducing sugars? | hemiacetal or aldose |
For Tollen's test, if a silver mirror forms, what doe sthat mean? | presence of an aldose |
What does the periodate test (IO4-) do? | oxidizes sugar by cleaving all C-C bonds |
What does Kiliana-Fischer synthesis do? | adds new carbon through cyano group that is converted to an aldehyde
--> creates 2 epimers not in 50/50 ratio |
Addition of cyanide is involved with which process? | Kiliani-Fischer synthesis |
Ruff degradation (and Wohl degradation) | decreases chain length by one carbon when CO2 leaves (1st carbon)
--> bromine in water |
What reagent does nitric acid sugar oxidation use? | HNO3 |
What reagent does Kiliani Fischer synthesis use? | KCN and H2/Pd |
What reagent does Ruff degradation use? | Br2 and H2O |
What is the difference between Type O and Type A/B in terms of glycoproteins? | Type O has 3 sugars (one is L) while Type A/B has 4 sugars |
How can you tell the number of valence electrons? | look at group number
--> different from oxidation number |
amide | O=C-NH2 |
Imine | C=N-R |
Hydrazone | C=N-NH2 |
Nitro | O=N-O |
Diazo | C=N=N |
Azide | N=N=N |
Sulfate vs. sulfite | 4 oxygens vs. 3 oxygens |
syn periplanar eclipse | bulky groups eclipse each other |
anticlinal eclipsed | bulky groups eclipse hydrogen |
polarized left rotation | - / l |
polarized right rotation | + / d |
Separate enantiomers? | Convert E --> D, separate D, convert back to E |
What does UV absorption show? | molecular orbital transitions from bonding to antibonding orbitals results in UV absorption |
Why do double bonds absorb UV? | pi electrons transition from bonding and nonbonding molecular orbitals to antibonding orbitals |
What is mass spectroscopy? | bombard a molecule with electrons and it fragments into ions |
What does mass spectroscopy NOT detect? | uncharged molecules |
What is a neighboring hydrogen in NMR? | 3 bonds away |
In extraction, what 2 phases are there? | organic and aqueous phase |
In extraction, what does the organic phase solvent consist of? | nonpolar solvent like oil, chloroform |
Basic premise behind chromatography? | stuff that sticks to stationary phase will come out slower |
What is recrystallization? | barely dissolving cpd and letting it recrystallize out of solution (more pure) |
What type of solvent for recrystallization? | solvent in which cpd is soluble at warm temp but not at cool temp
--> impurities are highly soluble |
What alkane has the same BP as water? | heptane |
What is the best protecting groupfor alcohols? | Cl-Si-Me3
--> deprotect with F- |
R-OH + SOCl2 --> ? | R - Cl
-SO2 + HCl |
R-OH + PBr3 --> | R - Br
-H3PO3, R3PO3, HBr |
What are the use of mesylates and tosylates? | transform -OH into a good leaving group by reacting with MsCl or TsCl |
Toluene | Ph - CH3 |
What creates an ester? | carboxylic acid + alcohol |
How to create an inorganic ester? | replace carbon of esters with different atoms (like P or S) |
What is a phosphodiester linkage? | 3'-OH attacks 5'-phosphate |
Rank BP: COOH, ketones, alcohol | COOH > OH > ketones |
How many equivalents of alcohols do aldehydes/ketones react with to make hemiacetals? | 1 |
How many equivalents of alcohols do aldehydes/ketones react with to make acetals? | 2 |
primary amine + aldehyde/ketone =? | imine: -N=C |
secondary amine + aldehyde/ketone =? | enamine -N-C=C
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What happens during a haloform reaction? | methyl ketone reacts with Cl, Br, or I in the presence of hydroxide ions to give a carboxylate and a haloform
--> halogenates at alpha position |
What is a haloform? | alkyl halide with 3 X substituents |
What is the iodoform test? | the use of haloform reaction to identify methyl ketones because iodoform is a yellow solid |
Can aldehydes undergo the haloform reaction? | ONLY acetylaldehyde |
Is the haloform a good or bad leaving group? | good L.G. |
What do 1,3-dicarbonyls create? | internal H-bonding from tautomerism
-H-bond btwn carbonyl and alcohol |
Is the keto or enol form more stable? | keto --> predominant form |
Do EWG or EDG make an alpha proton more acidic? | EWG |
Do COOH's act both as nucleophiles and electrophiles? | YES
-electrophilic carbonyl and nucleophilic -OH |
What is a beta-keto acid? | carboxylic acid with a ketone group in beta position from carboxylic acid |
For what type of acids does decarboxylation occur? | beta-keto acid |
Steps to halogenation of COOH at alpha position ONLY. | -COOH --> acyl halide
-enolize
-alpha attacks electrophile
-revert back to COOH |
Generally, is COOH a strong or weak acid? | weak acid |
What is the pKa of H+? | 0 |
What creates a good acid no matter what? | resonant stability of conjugate base |
Suffix for anhydrides | -oic anhydride |
What is the IR-spectrum for acid chloride? | around 1800 cm-1 |
What is the IR-spectrum for anhydride? | 2 bands between 1700 and 1800 cm-1 |
What is the IR-spectrum for amide? | -NH at 3300 cm-1
-C=O at 1700 cm-1 |
What is the IR-spectrum for an ester? | -C=O at 1700 cm-1
-C-O at 1200 cm-1 |
COOH + SOCl2 --> | acid chloride |
COOH + COOH + heat --> | anhydride |
acid chloride + COOH + base --> | anhydride |
acid chloride + alcohol + base --> | ester |
acid chloride + amine --> | amide |
acid chloride + water --> | COOH |
Are COOH more or less stable than aldehydes and ketones and why? | more stable --> resonance |
What is the reactivity of carboxylic acid derivatives?
anhydride, ester, Cl, amide | Cl > anhydride > ester > amide |
What does Hofmann Rearrangement do? | takes away the C=O of an amide |
How to cause decarboxylation? | beta-keto COOH are heated |
What is the leaving group for the hydrolysis of amides? | neutral amine |
Can amide bonds rotate? | NO --> partial double bond characteristic between C-N |
What is a beta-lactam? Does it have high or low ring strain? | 4-membered cyclic amide
--> high ring strain |
Why do beta-lactams have higher ring strain? | can't rotate to achieve more stable configuration |
How to synthesize acetoacetic ester, a beta-keto ester? | Claisen condensation of 2 ethylacetates |
Why can beta-keto acids undergo decarboxylation? | beta-keto group stabilizes resulting carbanion via enol formation |
What is acetoacetic ester synthesis used for? | acetoacetic ester is used to synthesize a new ketone
-->alpha acidic proton, attack new R group, decarboxylation |
How to turn acid chloride, anhyride, ester, and amides back to COOH? | add water |
Are tertiary amines chiral / racemic? | Chiral --> racemic (spontaneous inversions) |
Are quarternary amines chiral / racemic? | chiral and stay chiral |
What is the IR-spectrum for primary amines? | 2 peaks around 3300 cm-1 |
amine + acid derivative with good L.G. --> | amide |
What is the reaction between a primary amine and nitrous acid? | -NH2 + HONO --> -N2+ |
Can the amine group be alkylated? | YES |
Hoffman Elimination | amine + methyl iodide --> exhaustive methylation of amine --> elimination with methylated amine as leaving group |
Does Hoffman Elimination form more or less substituted double bond? | less |
Zaitsev vs. Hofman | Zaitsev - more substituted
Hofman - less substituted |
Zaitsev vs. Hofman: E1 vs. E2 forms which? | -E1 = Zaitsev
-E2 with bulky base = Hofman |
Think about BL base-do bases like to gain or lose protons? | gain protons |
Are protons lost easier in amines or amides? | amides --> resonance |
Are aromatic amines weaker or stronger bases than aliphatic amines? | weaker bases
--> donates electron density to aromatic ring |
Ortho effect | introduce any bulky substituent at the ortho position to another substituent
-due to steric repulsions, planarity of ring is lost, resonance reduced
--> more acidic |
What will give a positive Tollen's Reagent test? | any sugar in hemi acetal form
--> acetal sugars are nonreducing |
How to tell if reducing / non-reducing? | look for available anomeric carbon
-available - hemiacetal
-not available - acetal |
Typically, how to generalize reducing vs. nonreducing? | reducing = aldoses, ketoses
nonreducing = surcrose and disaccharides |
Hemiacetal vs. acetal | -hemiacetal - alcohol and ether on same carbon
-acetal - 2 ethers on same carbon |