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3/14/18 1 https://labs.chem.ucsb.edu/zakarian/armen/courses.html CHEM 109A Organic Chemistry Chapter 9 Substitution Reactions: S N 2 and S N 1 Elimination Reactions: E2 and E1 Final exam is cumulative Chapter 1: 1.1 1.16 Chapter 2: 2.1 2.10, 2.12 (Lewis acids) Chapter 3: 3.1 3.15 Chapter 4: 4.1 4.15 Chapter 5: 5.1 5.12 (5.13, 5.14 ) Chapter 6: 6.1 6.13, 6.16 (6.14, 6.15 ) Chapter 7: 7.1 7.12 Chapter 8: 8.1 8.7, 8.9, 8.11, 8.16 8.18 (resonance effect, on pKa, carbocations, intro to aromaticity) Chapter 9: 9.1

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CHEM 109A Organic Chemistry

Chapter 9

Substitution Reactions: SN2 and SN1

Elimination Reactions: E2 and E1

Final exam is cumulative

Chapter 1: 1.1 – 1.16 Chapter 2: 2.1 – 2.10, 2.12 (Lewis acids) Chapter 3: 3.1 – 3.15

Chapter 4: 4.1 – 4.15 Chapter 5: 5.1 – 5.12 (5.13, 5.14) Chapter 6: 6.1 – 6.13, 6.16 (6.14, 6.15) Chapter 7: 7.1 – 7.12 Chapter 8: 8.1 – 8.7, 8.9, 8.11, 8.16 – 8.18 (resonance effect, on pKa,

carbocations, intro to aromaticity) Chapter 9: 9.1 –

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Midterm 3 information

Average: 59.5 Standard deviation: 16.1 Max 95 Min 18.5

The Families of Group II

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1.  Boththealkylhalideandthenucleophileareinthetransitionstateoftherate-limitingstep.

2.  Therelativerate:primaryalkylhalide>secondaryalkylhalide>tertiaryalkylhalide

3. Theconfigurationoftheproductisinvertedcomparedtotheconfigurationofthereactingchiralalkylhalide.

Summary of the Experimental Evidence for the Mechanism of an SN2 Reaction

back-sideattack

The Mechanism

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Why Back-Side Attack?

Why Back-Side Attack?

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Why Bimolecular?

Why Do Methyl Halides React the Fastest and Tertiary the Slowest?

sterichindrance

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StericHindranceDecreasestheRate

AlthoughitisPrimary,itReactsVerySlowly

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Why the Configuration of the Product is Inverted

SN2 reaction: Nucleophile, The Carbon Center, and the Leaving Group

nucleophile strong or weak? carbon center

(electrophilic) hindered or not?

leaving group good or bad?

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TheRateofanSN2ReactionisAffectedbytheLeavingGroup

Leaving Group Effect: TheWeakestBaseistheBest

Nucleophile effect: Bases and Nucleophiles

Abasesharesitslonepairwithaproton.

Anucleophilesharesitslonepairwithanatomotherthanaproton.

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1. Nucleophile Strength: stronger base, better Nu

Anegativelychargedatomisastrongerbaseandabetternucleophilethanthesameatomthatisneutral.

Anegativelychargedatomisastrongerbaseandabetternucleophilethanthesameatomthatisneutral.

1. Nucleophile Strength: stronger base, better Nu

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Anegativelychargedatomisastrongerbaseandabetternucleophilethanthesameatomthatisneutral.

1. Nucleophile Strength: stronger base, better Nu

Anegativelychargedatomisastrongerbaseandabetternucleophilethanthesameatomthatisneutral.

1. Nucleophile Strength: stronger base, better Nu

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2. Nucleophile Strength: same row elements

Ifatomsareinthesamerow,thestrongestbaseisthebestnucleophile.

nucleophilicity goes up

same for NH3 > H2O

3. Nucleophile Strength: Polarizability

Thelargertheatom,themorepolarizableitis(canmovemorefreelytowardapositivecharge).

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3. Nucleophile Strength: Polarizability

Thelargertheatom,themorepolarizableitis(canmovemorefreelytowardapositivecharge).

polar protic

solvents

CH3OH

3. Nucleophile Strength: Polarizability

Thelargertheatom,themorepolarizableitis(canmovemorefreelytowardapositivecharge).

polar protic

solvents

polar aprotic solvents

DMF, DMSO

CH3OH

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Solvents

1.nonpolarsolvents:hexane,benzene–normallynotusedinsubstitutionreactions(Negativelychargedspeciescannotdissolveinnonpolarsolvents).2.proticpolarsolvents:haveanOHgroup(H2O,CH3OH)3.aproticpolarsolvents:polar,butnoOHgroup

H N

O

DMF

SO

DMSO

Why Do Protic Polar Solvents Make the Strongest Bases the Poorest Nucleophiles?

I−isthebestnucleophileinaproticpolar

solvent.

polar protic

solvents

CH3OH

excellent solvation poor solvation

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Aprotic Polar Solvents

Theycansolvateacation(+)betterthantheycansolvateananion(−).

polar aprotic solvents

DMF, DMSO

Aprotic Polar Solvents

Rank the following from best to poorest nucleophile in an aqueous solution:

O HO CH3OHO

OCH3S

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Aprotic Polar Solvents

Rank the following from best to poorest nucleophile in an aqueous solution:

O HO CH3OHO

OCH3S

how about in DMF?

4.StericHindranceDecreasesNucleophilicity

mostly when comparing same-class nucleophiles – here, alkoxides

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SN2ReactionsCanBeUsedtoMakeaVarietyofCompounds

Thereactionsareirreversiblebecauseaweakbasecannotdisplaceastrongbase.

SynthesizinganAmine

K2CO3makesthesolutionbasicsothattheaminewillexistinitsbasicform.

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AnotherSubstitutionReaction:SN1

Thereactionissurprisinglyfast,soitmustbetakingplacebyadifferentmechanism.

Thereactionissurprisinglyfast,soitmustbetakingplacebyadifferentmechanism.

an SN1 reaction: only the alkyl halide is in the transition state of the rate-limiting step.

AnotherSubstitutionReaction:SN1

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Solvolysis Reaction

AlotofSN1reactionsaresolvolysisreactions;thesolventisthenucleophile.

The Mechanism

Theleavinggroupdepartsbeforethenucleophileapproaches.Theslowstepiscarbocationformation.

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The Reaction Coordinate Diagram

TheProductisaPairofEnantiomers

Ifthehalogenisbondedtoanasymmetriccenter,theproductwillbeapairofenantiomers.

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Why a Pair of Enantiomers?

MostSN1ReactionsLeadtoPartialRacemization

Generallymoreinvertedproductisformed,becausethefrontsideispartiallyblocked.

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LeavingGroupEffectonSN1reactions:TheWeakestBaseistheBestLeavingGroup

Comparing SN2 and SN1 Reactions

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SN1 and SN2 reactions: brief summary

primaryalkylhalidesandmethylhalidesonlySN2Theycannotformcarbocations.

secondaryalkylhalidesonlySN2Carbocationformationistooslowtomakeupforthelargeconcentrationofthenucleophileinasolvolysisreaction.

tertiaryalkylhalidesonlySN1Theycannotundergoback-sideattack.

AlkylHalidesUndergoSubstitutionandEliminationReactions

Inaneliminationreaction,ahalogenisremovedfromonecarbonandahydrogenisremovedfromanadjacentcarbon.

Adoublebondisformedbetweenthetwocarbons

fromwhichtheatomswereremoved.

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An E2 Reaction

Thealkylhalideandthebaseareinthetransitionstateoftherate-limitingstep.

The Mechanism for an E2 Reaction

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TheHalogenComesofftheAlphaCarbon;theHydrogenComesofftheBetaCarbon

dehydrohalogenation

Alkene-LikeTransitionState

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AnE2ReactionisRegioselective

Themajorproductisthemoststablealkene.Themoststablealkeneisgenerallyobtainedbyremovingahydrogenfromthebetacarbonthatisbondedtothefewesthydrogens.

Zaitsev rule: more substituted alkene is the major product

TheMoreStableAlkeneHastheMoreStableTransitionState

Themajorproductisthemorestablealkene.

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MoreE2Reactions

Zaitsev’sruleleadstothemoresubstitutedalkene.Ifthereisconjugation,themoresubstitutedalkenemightnotbethemorestablealkene.

LimitationsofZaitsev’sRule

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Ifthealkylhalideandthebasearebothbulky,thebasewillremovethemoreaccessiblehydrogen,

whichwillleadtoformationofthelessstableproduct.

LimitationsofZaitsev’sRule

The Steric Properties of the Base Affect the Product Distribution

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The Steric Properties of the Base Affect the Product Distribution

The Steric Properties of the Base Affect the Product Distribution

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AlkylFluoridesFormtheLessStableAlkene

ThemajorproductoftheE2reactionofanalkylfluoride isthelessstablealkene.

TheTransitionStateisCarbanion-Like

Because the leaving group is poor, the transition state is carbanion-like.