Organic Reactions Summary Sheet
Organic Reactions Summary Sheet
Organic Reactions Summary Sheet
Reactants Alkanes + Oxygen Products Complete: CO2 and water Incomplete: CO and water + Halogen (F2, Cl2, Br2, I2) Alkenes + halogen (F2, Cl2, Br2, I2) haloalkane Conditions Little bit of heat to get it going and plenty of oxygen Little bit of heat to get it going, and not enuf O2, oxygen is limiting reactant UV light, hv
Classification Combustion (also redox reactions)
Uses /Other
Substitution
H H H
methane
Cl Cl
H H H
chloromethane
Cl
H Cl H Cl
H Cl Cl
chloroform
Cl
Cl Cl Cl
tetrachloromethane also: carbontetrachloride
Cl
dichloromethane
also: trichloromethane
Dihaloalkane
Addition
H H
H H
Cl Cl
Cl Cl H H H H
+ hydrogen
Alkane
H H
H H
H H
t2 / O P
d H
H H H H H
Haloalkane
Addition
H H
H H
H CH3
O
+
+
H Cl
H Cl H H H
a c i d H H H O H H CH3
O
Haloalkanes are useful starting materials for organic syntheses commercial manufacture of ethanol
Alcohol
Acid conditions
Addition
H H
Ester + water
Acidic solution and heat For incomplete oxidation: Distillation in acidic aqueous soln
Condensation
H3C
OH
OH
+ H3C
OH
a c d i
H3C
CH3
O
Primary: Aldehyde
Oxidation
propan-1-ol
K 2C
Or 7
a c i d
H 1-propanal
For complete oxidation: Heat under reflux in acidic aqueous soln Heat under reflux in acidic aqueous soln
OH propan-1-ol
K 2C
Or 7
a c i d
O OH propanoic acid
OH
K 2C
Or 7
a c i d
butan-2-ol
butan-2-one
See above
difficult to conduct since amine (a base) and acid neutralize each other. Other rxns that protect F.G. are required
Condensation Condensation
See above
O H3C OH
+ H3C
See above
O NH2
a c d i ,
H3C
NH
CH3
Neutralization
O O-Na
+ H2O
See above
Condensation
See above
See above
Distillation Apparatus
water out aldehyde vapor condensing tube
water in
condensed aldehyde out
boling solution
heat under reflux means you want to heat it for a long time w/o having it evaporate to heat under reflux you need to attached a condensing tube to your flask so that vapors condense before they can escape