Chapter 20-22: Organic Chemistry II

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alipathic acids have an _____ group bonded toย _____ while aromatic acids have aย _____ group

alkyl; COOH; aryl (ring)

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in IUPAC names, the carbon of the carbonyl is labeled number _____. the -e from the alkane is removed and the ending adds _____acid

one; -oic

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aromatic acids are named as derivatives of _____ _____with ortho, meta, para substituents

bezoic acid

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carboxylic acids have a high _____ _____ compared to alcohols, ketones, or aldehydes of similar molecular weight due to stable _____-_____ dimer

boiling point; hydrogen bond

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carboxylic acid may dissociate in water to give aย _____ and aย _____ ionย 

proton; carboxylateย 

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a reaction between carboxylic acid and water has a lower _____ than alcohol and water due to _____

EA; resonance

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acetate ion _____ stable than alkoxide due to delocalization of negative charge over two oxygens

more

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the magnitude of substituent effect depends on the _____ from the carboxyl group

distance

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the more halide substituents on a molecule, the stronger the _____ effects and the stronger the _____

inductive; acid

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electron-withdrawing groups enhance the _____ acid strength and electron donating groups _____ the acid strength

increase; decrease

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acid strength effect are strongest for _____ and _____ positions

ortho; para

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adding strong acid like, HCl, regenerates theย _____ย _____ through protonationย 

carboxylic acidย 

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carboxylate salts of Na+, K+, Li+, and NH4+ are _____ in water

soluble

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saponification

basic hydrolysis of fat and oils produces soap

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primary alcohols and aldehydes are oxidized with _____ _____, cleavage of alkene with _____ produces carboxylic acid if vinylic hydrogen present

chromic acid, KMnO4

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alkyl benzenes are oxidized to benzoic acid by hot _____ or hotย _____ acid

KMNO4; chromic acidย 

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carboxylation of grignard reagents:

  • grignard reagents react with CO2 to product, after protonation, _____ _____.

  • reaction sometimes called โ€œ_____ _____โ€ and increases the number of _____ in the molecule by one

carboxylic acid; CO2 insertion; carbons

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basic or acidic hydrolysis of nitrile (-CN) produces a _____ _____. whole reaction adds extra _____ to molecule

carboxylic acid; carbon

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acid derivatives:ย 

  • -OH:ย _____ย _____ย 

  • -Cl:ย _____ย _____ย 

  • -ORโ€™:ย _____ย 

  • -NH2:ย _____ย 

  • these interconvert viaย _____ย _____ substitutionย 

  • carboxylic acidย 

  • acid chlorideย 

  • esterย 

  • amideย 

  • nucleophilic acylย 

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in fischer esterification, reaction of carboxylic acid with alcohol under acidic conditions produces an _____. to drive equilibrium toward formation of products, use large excess of _____

ester; alcohol

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synthesis of amides:

  • heating this salt well above _____ degrees celsius drives off steam and forms an amides

100

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LiAlH4 reduces carboxylic acids toย _____ย _____. the intermediate aldehyde reactsย _____ with reducing agent than carboxylic acidย 

primary alcohol; faster

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the best reagents for converting carboxylic acids to acid chlorides is _____

SOCl2

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esterification of acyl chloride is more _____ than the fischer esterificiation

efficient

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ammonia and amines react with acid chlorides to give _____ in _____ synthesis

amides; amide

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lactones are_____ _____. IUPAC names are derived by adding term lactone at end of parent _____. lactams are _____ _____. IUPAC names are derived by adding term lactam at the end of the parent _____

cyclic esters; acid; cyclic amides; acid

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amide is a composite of a _____ _____ , _____, or _____. ammonium salts are converted to _____ at high temperatures

carboxylic acid; ammonia; amine; amides

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amides are extremely weak _____

bases

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atoms at the ends of triple bonds are _____ hybridized and a bond angle of _____

sp; 180

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acid halides are the most _____ than carboxylic acid derivative. acid halides are also called _____ halides

reactive; acyl

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acid halides are named by replacing the -ic acid suffix name with _____ and the halide name

-yl

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anhydride means withoutย _____

water

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acid chloride is most _____ then _____

reactive; anhydrides

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acid anhydrides are _____ derivatives of carboxylic acid

activated

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acid anhydrides are named by replacing the word acid with _____

anhydride

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nucleophilic acyl substitution is also calledย _____-_____ mechanism because theย _____ is eliminated and theย _____ is regenerated

addition-elimination; LG; carbonylย 

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tetrahedral intermediate is when the _____ adds to the _____

nucleophile; carbonyl

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more reactive can be _____ to less reactive derivatives

converted

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in acid chloride to amide and anhydride to amide:

  • ammonia yields _____ amide

  • primary amine yields a _____ amide

  • secondary amine yields a _____ amide

primary; secondary; tertiary

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in ammonolysis (ester to amide), the nucleophile must beย _____ orย _____ amine. requires prolongedย _____

NH3; primary; heating

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alkoxide (-OR) is a strong _____ and isnโ€™t usually good leaving group, except in _____ step

base; exothermic

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hydrolysis of acids occurย _____even in moist air with no acid or base catalystย 

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heating with aqueous base or acid will hydrolyze a nitrile to a _____ _____

carboxylic acid

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LiAlH4 or LAH reduces esters, acids, and acyl chlorides to _____ _____

primary alcohols

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LiAlH4 reacts faster with _____ _____ than with aldehydes

acid chlorides

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DIBAL is a _____ _____ agent that can reduce an esters to _____

reducing agent; aldehydes

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grginards reagents add _____ to acid chlorides and esters to give rise to _____ after protonation

twice; alcohols

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anhydride synthesis between the reaction ofย _____ย _____ andย _____ย _____or salt

acid chloride; carboxylic acid

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mechanism of beta-lactam acylation, includes the _____ attacking the carbonyl of the four membered ring. _____ reformed after tetrahedral intermediate and the _____ bond is eliminated and _____as the last step

nucleophile; carbonyl; nitrogen; protonated

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in crossed claisen, no alpha carbons and no alpha hydrogens makes the carbon a good _____ย 

electrophile

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ketones are more _____ than esters and therefore more likely to _____to serve as an enolate in crossed claisen condensation

acidic; deprotonate

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for typical acidities of carbonyl compounds, when an oxygen canโ€™t give 100% to a specific carbon, the pka is _____. if one carbonyl occupied was surrounded by two lone pairs to make new double bonds, the molecule is more _____ and there is a _____ pka. becomes _____ if there is oxygen can give 100%

high; stable; higher; acidic

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an enolate is a _____ and _____ _____

nucleophile; lewis base

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conjugate additions for the michael reaction have unusually _____ double bonds

electrophilic

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michael donors are _____ and michael acceptors are _____ (conjugated)

nucleophiles; electrophiles

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attacks occurring at the beta position causes the oxygen atom to be numbered as the _____ atom counting from the nucleophile in a 1,4 addition

fourth

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best way to make ester

acid + alcohol with H+

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best way to make amide

acid chloride + amine with base

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enolate formed using bulky bases like LDA goes for the easiest H and is ____ favored

kinetically

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enolate formed using non-bulky bases like OH, NaOCH3 becomes the more substituted enolate and is ___ favored

thermodynamically

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tautomerization goes from the ___ molecule to the ___ molecule in 1,4-addition to conjugated carbonyl (Michael Reaction)

enol; ketone (>99%)

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