Aromatic Cpds
Aromatic Cpds
Aromatic Cpds
Benzene
An aromatic compound. Isolated in 1825 by Michael Faraday who determined C:H ratio to be 1:1. Synthesized in 1834 by Eilhard Mitscherlich who determined molecular formula to be C6H6. Other related compounds with low C:H ratios had a pleasant smell, so they were classified as aromatic.
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Annulenes
Cyclic hydrocarbons with alternating single and double bonds (uncharged, even no. of C atoms).
Assumptions: All are aromatic. Have similar stabilities as benzene. But, not all are aromatic.
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Following Hunds rule, two electrons are in separate degenerate orbitals. This diradical with the highest-lying electrons in nonbonding MOs would be very reactive.
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Polygon Rule
The energy diagram for an annulene has the same polygonal shape as the cyclic compound with one vertex (all-bonding MO) at the bottom. The nonbonding line cuts horizontally through the center of the polygon. The pi electrons fill the MOs follows the aufbau principle and Hunds rule.
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Aromatic Requirements
1. Structure must be cyclic with conjugated pi bonds. 2. Each atom in the ring must have an unhybridized p orbital. 3. The unhybridized p orbitals must overlap to form a continuous ring. (Usually planar structure.) 4. Delocalization of pi electrons over the ring must lower the electronic energy
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antiaromatic
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Hckels Rule
If the compound has a planar and continuous ring of overlapping p orbitals and has 4N + 2 electrons, it is aromatic. If the compound has a planar and continuous ring of overlapping p orbitals and has 4N electrons, it is antiaromatic. Otherwise, the system/compound is nonaromatic.
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Benzene
Cyclobutadiene
Cyclooctatetraene
Nonaromatic
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Larger Annulenes
Larger 4N annulenes are not antiaromatic because they are flexible enough to become nonplanar.
[12] annulene
[16] annulene
Larger 4N+2 annulenes depend on whether the molecule can adopt the necessary planar conformation.
H H
All-cis nonaromatic
naphthalene aromatic
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A diradical, unstable.
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Aromatic Ions
Hckels rule also applies to systems having odd numbers of C atoms and bearing positive or negative charges. Cyclopentadienyl Ions: The cation has an empty p orbital, 4 electrons, so antiaromatic. The anion has a nonbonding pair of electrons in a p orbital, 6 e-s, aromatic.
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Acidity of Cyclopentadiene
Unusually acidic (pKa of 16). Loss of a proton converts the nonaromatic diene to the aromatic cyclopentadienyl anion.
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Cyclopentadienyl cation Huckels rule predicts that the cyclopentadienyl cation, with four pi electrons, is antiaromatic. The cyclopentadienyl cation is not easily formed.
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Cycloheptatrienyl Ions
The cycloheptatrienyl cation (tropylium ion) is easily formed.
H OH H , H2O
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Cyclooctatetraene Dianion
Cyclooctatetraene is nonaromatic. Its dianion is easily prepared with planar, regular octagonal structure aromatic.
A heterocyclic compound is a cyclic compound in which one or more of the ring atoms is an atom other than carbon
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Pyridine
Aromatic nitrogen analogue of benzene. It has six delocalized electrons in its pi system. The two non-bonding electrons on nitrogen are in an sp2 orbital, and they do not interact with the pi electrons of the ring.
Protonation of pyridine: Pyridine is basic, with non-bonding electrons available to abstract a proton.
aromatic
aromatic
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Pyrrole
An aromatic five-membered heterocycle. Nonbonding electrons on N atom involve in the pi bonding system, so much weaker base.
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Basic or Nonbasic?
N atom with it nonbonding electrons involve in the pi bonding system is nonbasic.
N N
Pyrimidine has two basic nitrogens. Imidazole has one basic nitrogen and one nonbasic. Purine? 3 basic, 1 nonbasic
Most nonbasic nitrogens have three single bonds. Most basic nitrogens have a double bond in 31 the ring.
N H
N N H N
Other Heterocyclics
Anthracene
Phenanthrene
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7 8 9 Br H
4 3 2 1 H 10 Br
pyrene
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Allotropes of Carbon
Amorphous: small particles of graphite; charcoal, soot, coal, carbon black. Diamond: a lattice of tetrahedral Cs. Graphite: layers of fused aromatic rings.
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phenol
toluene
O C CH2 C CH3
aniline
O C H
anisole
O C OH
styrene
acetophenone
benzaldehyde
benzoic acid
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Disubstituted Benzenes
The prefixes ortho-, meta-, and para- are commonly used for the 1,2-, 1,3-, and 1,4- positions, respectively.
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3 or More Substituents
Use the smallest possible numbers, but the carbon with a functional group that define the base name is #1.
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O 2N
NO 2
O2N
NO2
NO 2 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene
NO2 2,4,6-trinitrophenol
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o-toluic acid
H3C
p-cresol
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Br
Ph CH 2 C C CH 3
1-phenyl-2-butyne
phenyl bromide
Benzyl group: seven-carbon unit consisting of a benzene ring and a methylene group.
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IR and NMR Spectroscopy C=C stretch absorption at 1600 cm-1. sp2 C-H stretch just above 3000 cm-1. 1H NMR at 7-8 for Hs on aromatic ring. 13C NMR at 120-150, similar to alkene carbons.
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Mass Spectrometry
The most common fragmentation of alkylbenzene derivative is the cleavage of a benzylic bond.
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UV Spectroscopy
Benzene has three absorptions.
max at 184 nm
Moderate band Characteristic band Additional conjugated double bond cause bathochromic shift.
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