Experiment 7A: Carbonyl Reduction: Sodium Borohydride Reduction of 4-tert-Butylcyclohexanone Experiment 7A, Carbonyl Reduction: Sodium Borohydride Reduction of 4-tert-Butylcyclohexanone, provides firsthand experience with carbonyl reductions. NaBH4, a mild reducing agent, was used to reduce the ketone functional group in the compound, 4-tert-Butylcyclohexanone, that was then protonated using hydrochloric acid to produce two diastereomers (cis/trans) of 4-tertbutylcyclohexanol. Moreover, this experiment refined skills in using H-NMRs (integration, multiplicity, and coupling constants) to effectively distinguish between cis and trans isomers of a desired product. To begin the experiment, 50 mg of 4-t-butylcyclohexanone and methanol were added to a conical vial. NaBH4 was then added to the reaction mixture to reduce the ketone functional group (present in the starting material). The reaction was allowed to proceed for 30 minutes and was subsequently quenched using hydrochloric acid. The addition of hydrochloric acid permitted the protonation of the reduced ketone (O-) to form the two diastereomer …show more content…
Cis-isomers have a dihedral angle of 90˚ resulting in a relatively low coupling constant and low splitting. Trans-isomers have a dihedral angle of 180˚ producing a relatively high coupling constant indicating increased splitting. Thus, the two compounds were also distinguished based on the observed splitting of the two peaks. With respect to a Newman projection for the C1-C2 bond of each product, the relative splitting was determined. For the trans-product the Newman projection exhibited a dihedral angle of 60˚ between H1 and H2, while H1 and H2’ exhibited a dihedral angle of 180˚. The H1 single was therefore split into a triplet of triplets by two different groups of hydrogens. https://www.odinity.com/hydride-reduction-reactions-stereoselective-adventure/ Trans C1-C2 Trans
Many sources of error were responsible for recovering a small amount of product. Introduction: The carbon-carbon bond formation is an important tool in organic chemistry to construct the simple as well as an organic compound. There are several
The goal of this experiment was to isolate three different molecules (acidic, basic, and neutral) from a mixture and identify their molecular structure. This was accomplished by using acid/base liquid extraction and H NMR analysis. The neutral component of the unknown mixture #191 was fluorenone. This was evident due to an H NMR spectra that had a high presence of hydrogen signals in the 7.2- 7.7 ppm range. Chemical shift values for fluorenone stated in the lab manual were 7.27, 7.47, 7.48, and 7.6 (CITE), indicating that the corresponding H NMR spectra for the neutral unknown is of this chemical.
12. Give the two products of the following reaction. (Insert a picture of your drawing of the molecule or a scan of your drawing of the molecule) Inserted below is a picture of the two products and the reaction. In the picture you will see the transfer of hydrogen to keto-group of pyruvate.
It is important to point out that this reaction is reversible, it is usually best carried out at the lowest possible temperature consistent.
In this case, a hydride shift will occur between the hydrogen attached to the charge and the hydrogen near the methyl group. The result is a tertiary carbocation and a double bond will form near the substituent; the alkene with the most substituted group is the major product, or 1-methylcyclohexene. According to Zaitsev’s rule, the alkene with the most substituted group would be the major product, because it is the most stable. The formation of the tertiary carbocation could also produce the third product, though in less quantity because it forms a less substituted alkene (minor product). In order to proceed with this reaction, 2-methylcyclohexanol is combined with the acids, phosphoric and sulfuric acid, and heated under distillation.
Dehydration of 2-Methylcyclohexanol Sura Abedali Wednesday 2:00 PM January 31, 2018 Introduction: Dehydration reactions are important processes to convert alcohols into alkenes. It is a type of elimination reaction that removes an “-OH” group from one carbon molecule and a hydrogen from a neighboring carbon, thus releasing them as a water molecule (H2O) and forming a pi bond between the two carbons1. In this experiment, 2-methylcyclohexanol undergoes dehydration to form three possible products: methylenecylcohexane, 1-methylcyclohexene, and 3-methylcyclohexene in a Hickman still apparatus. Adding 85% Phosphoric Acid to protonates the “-OH” group, turning it into a better leaving group and initiating the dehydration reaction.
Chem 51 LB Experiment 3 Report Scaffold: Bromination of Trans-Cinnamic Acid 1. The goal of this experiment was to perform a halogenation reaction through the addition of two bromides from pyridinium tribromide. This was accomplished by reacting trans-cinnamic acid with pyridinium tribromide. After the reaction took place, melting point analysis was conducted to find out the stereochemistry of the product, which could either be syn-addition, anti-addition, or syn + anti-addition. 2.
The purpose of this experiment was to learn about metal hydride reduction reactions. Therefore, the sodium borohydride reduction of the ketone, 9-fluorenone was performed to yield the secondary alcohol, 9-fluorenol. Reduction of an organic molecule usually corresponds to decreasing its oxygen content or increasing its hydrogen content. In order to achieve such a chemical change, sodium borohydride (NaBH4) is used as a reducing agent. There are other metal hydrides used in the reduction of carbonyl groups such as lithium aluminum hydride (LiAlH4).
Cross Condensation of aldol 2015007632 Dowrie, K Contents Reaction 1 Introduction 1 Experiment Procedure 2 Experimental results 3 Table of calculations 3 Calculations 3 NMR 4 TLC 4 References 5 Reaction Introduction An aldehyde reaction is when aldehydes and keytones, both containing an α-hydrogen in the presence of an alkali group condenses and forms an enone. Acetone has α-hydrogens on each side. The proton can be removed and therefore giving a nucleophile anion. The aldehyde carbonyl is more reactive than the keytone and so it reacts rapidly with the anion.
These amounts then helped to determine the relative reactivities of the hydrogens in the products and the effect of the chloro-substituent on the relative rate of hydrogen abstraction, which is the rate determining step. Overall, this report will present the data for the radical chlorination of 1-chloro butane and explain why 1,4-dichlorobutane
The objective of this experiment was to use an aldol condensation reaction to synthesize 3-nitrochalcone from 3- nitrobenzaldehyde. This was accomplished with a Diels-Alder reaction that utilized 3-nitrobenzaldehyde, acetophenone, ethanol, and sodium hydroxide. The mechanism for the synthesis of 3-nitrochalcone is presented in Figures 1 and 2. The alpha carbon on the acetophenone is deprotonated. This is followed by the attack of the alpha carbon anion on the carbonyl carbon on the 3-nitrobenzaldehyde.
Experiment 2 Report Scaffold (Substitution Reactions, Purification, and Identification) Purpose/Introduction 1. A Sn2 reaction was conducted; this involved benzyl bromide, sodium hydroxide, an unknown compound and ethanol through reflux technique, mel-temp recordings, recrystallization, and analysis of TLC plates. 2. There was one unknown compound in the reaction that was later discovered after a series of techniques described above.
It is understood the mechanism is acid-catalyzed where protons coordinate with the carbonyl oxygen to make the carbonyl carbon more electropositive for nucleophilic attack (Scheme 1). In the experimental procedure all reactants were added together, this is inefficient as the protons can coordinate with either trans-cinnamic acid or methanol. Coordination with methanol is unnecessary as it reduces its nucleophilicity and makes less protons available to coordinate with the carboxylic acid. To improve
Introduction Chevron Phillips Chemical Company is the major producer of Cyclohexane. This successful company hoses the three largest cyclohexane plants in the world. Many are puzzled by how the production of cyclohexane seems to have become stagnant. Perhaps this is due to the cost of benzene increasing or the demand increasing. Through thorough investigation, the answer to this question and many more can be answered.
Introduction Strong acids and strong acids both dissociate completely in water forming ions. However, strong acids donate a proton to form H3O+ along with a conjugate base and strong bases accept a proton to form OH- along with a conjugate acid. The chemical behavior of acids and bases are opposite. When they are together, their ions cancel out and form a neutral solution. In this experiment, HCl and NaOH will react to form NaOH and H2O with these two steps: The overall reaction is: Both Na+ and Cl- ions combine to form NaCl.